大人物的第一桶金 川普曾捡瓶子换钱

他们是一群最有权势、财富和影响力的人，人们很容易认为他们生活在我们不能企及的世界。但这些响当当的大人物中也并非每个人都是含着金汤匙出生的王子公主，有人的第一份工作比我们能够想象的还要古怪离谱。

It can be easy to see the world's most powerful and influential people as occupying a sphere far removed from the rest of us.
人们很容易认为世界上最有权势和影响力的人生活在我们不能企及的世界。

But even some of the most successful people started off working odd jobs to earn money and learn the ropes.
但即便是一些最成功的人，也是从琐碎的工作开始赚钱和熟悉各个行业的。

These 10 successful people prove that the path to success doesn't have to be linear.
下面这10位成功人士证明，通往成功的道路并不一定是条直线。

Donald Trump collected bottles
唐纳德•特朗普捡瓶子

The president-elect and billionaire real-estate mogul grew up wealthy, but he says his father wanted him to learn the value of money early on.
刚当选总统的亿万富翁、房地产大亨特朗普出生于富裕家庭，但他说父亲希望他从小就能明白金钱的价值。

As a child, his father, real estate developer Fred Trump, would take him to construction sites and have him and his brother pick up empty soda bottles to redeem for cash, Trump tells Forbes.
特朗普对《福布斯》表示，父亲弗雷德•特朗普是房地产开发商，在他还是个孩子时父亲就带他到建筑工地上，让他和弟弟捡空饮料瓶换钱。

He says that he didn't make much, but it taught him to work for his money.
他没赚到多少钱，但这教会了他通过工作赚钱。