The first jobs billionaires had

EVERYONE has to start somewhere. From working the grill at Macca's to delivering papers, here are the world's most famous billionaires' first gigs.

Bill Gates, pictured here in 1990, got his first job during high school.

EVERYBODY has to start somewhere.

From working the grill at McDonald's to delivering newspapers on a bicycle, some of the world's most famous billionaires had very low-key first jobs.

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Michael Dell.

Michael Dell - dishwasher

The founder of computer company Dell started his working life washing dishes at a Chinese restaurant.

He was 12 years old and was saving money for his stamp collection.

Bill Gates.

Bill Gates - computer programmer

The co-founder and current chairman of Microsoft unsurprisingly got his start as a computer programmer. During his senior year at high school he worked for defence contractor TRW, fixing bugs in one of its programs.

Jeff Bezos.

Jeff Bezos - McDonald's

The founder and CEO of Amazon worked on the grills at McDonald's as a teenager.

"I was a grill man and never worked the cash registers. The most challenging thing was keeping everything going at the right pace during a rush. The manager at my McDonald's was excellent. He had a lot of teenagers working for him, and he kept us focused even while we had fun," Mr Bezos is quotes as saying in the book Golden Opportunity: Remarkable Careers That Began at McDonald's.

Warren Buffet.

Warren Buffet - newspaper delivery

The legendary investor of chairman of Berkshire Hathaway started a newspaper delivery service at age 13.

Charles Schwab.

Charles Schwab - selling walnuts

The US steel magnate started out picking walnuts from the woods near his neighbourhood and selling them at the local market. He was 11 years old.

Mark Zuckerberg.

Mark Zuckerberg

His first job was at a little company he started called Facebook.

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