大人物的第一桶金 川普曾捡瓶子换钱

Michael Dell washed dishes
迈克尔•戴尔洗盘子

As founder and CEO of Dell Inc., Dell enjoyed a rise to power during the heyday of the personal computer. Today, Dell is worth an estimated $20.5 billion, according to Forbes.
作为戴尔公司的创始人和首席执行官，戴尔在个人电脑的鼎盛时期建立起他的帝国。据《福布斯》称，戴尔现在身价约为205亿美元。

But before he helped make PCs mainstream, Dell got his first job scrubbing dishes for a Chinese restaurant at the age of 12.
但在戴尔推动个人电脑成为主流之前，他的第一份工作是12岁时在一家中餐馆洗碗碟。

Vocabulary

learn the ropes: 懂得（某种行业的）窍门，很内行
gig:（尤指临时的）工作

英文来源：商业内幕网
翻译：董静
编审：丹妮