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Top 7 personalities that switched their careers and found success

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - Jan 25, 2022, 18:00 IST
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Do what YOU want to do

To dream about becoming something and then act on it is not something everyone is able to do. But then there are some souls who have the courage to follow their true calling and have today found success, irrespective of their age! Here are 7 such personalities that changed their career paths and dared to follow their dreams, became successful and inspiring millions of us.

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Vera Wang

Those who can afford, swear by this designer’s perfumes and she is a renowned name! But did you know that she was earlier a figure skater and journalist? She changed her career path to that of fashion at the age 40!

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Jonah Peretti

The man behind the launch of media sites Buzzfeed and The Huffington Post, was earlier a computer science teacher!

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Giorgio Armani

This man needs no introduction! He is now counted in the top list of fashion designers in the world. But very few know that he was earlier in the Italian army and worked at a military hospital in Verona. He then left that job in 1953 and began as a window dresser at a regular store in Milan. Then, he became a seller in the clothing department for men and in his mid-60s, he founded his own company in 1975.

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Our beloved former captain of the Indian cricket team was not always into this sport. Very few people know that he was a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur railway station from 2001 to 2003.

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Rajinikanth

Initially a bus conductor in Bengaluru, Rajinikanth is a legendary actor today and amongst one of the highest paid actors on the Asian continent too. He has fans, followers who consider him Godlike in some parts of India.

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Ellen DeGeneres

This well known comedian and host of The Ellen Degeneres Show, was earlier a bartender, a waitress, painted houses and even sold vacuum cleaners.

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Falguni Nayar

She was an investment banker for 20 years before becoming the CEO of Nykaa, India’s biggest cosmetics retailer. She started Nykaa at the age of 50 and since then, there has been no turning back. Today, she is in the list of Indian female billionaires!


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