Age when they started their business
๐บ๐ธ Bill Gates (Microsoft) โ 19
๐บ๐ธ Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) โ 19
๐บ๐ธ Walt Disney (Disney) โ 21
๐บ๐ธ Steve Jobs (Apple) โ 21
๐ฎ๐ณ Ritesh Agarwal (OYO) โ 22
๐บ๐ธ Bill Clerico (WePay) โ 22
๐บ๐ธ Jack Dorsey (Twitter) โ 23
๐บ๐ธ Larry Page (Google) โ 25
๐บ๐ธ Sergey Brin (Google) โ 25
๐ฎ๐ณ Dhirajlal Ambani (Reliance) โ 25
๐จ๐ณ Jack Ma (Alibaba) โ 29
๐บ๐ธ Elon Musk (SpaceX) โ 30
๐บ๐ธ Jeff Bezos (Amazon) โ 30
๐บ๐ธ Oprah Winfrey (Harpo) โ 32
๐บ๐ธ Estรฉe Lauder (Estรฉe Lauder) โ 38
๐บ๐ธ Henry Ford (Ford) โ 39
๐บ๐ธ Vera Wang (Vera Wang) โ 40
๐บ๐ธ Jeffrey Brotman (Costco) โ 40
๐บ๐ธ Robert Noyce (Intel) โ 41
๐ซ๐ท Christian Dior (Dior) โ 41
๐บ๐ธ John Warnock (Adobe) โ 42
๐บ๐ธ Ralph Roberts (Comcast) โ 43
๐บ๐ธ Donald Fisher (Gap) โ 44
๐บ๐ธ Sam Walton (Walmart) โ 44
๐บ๐ธ Bob Parsons (GoDaddy) โ 47
๐ฏ๐ต Yoshisuke Aikawa (Nissan) โ 48
๐ฎ๐ช Tony Ryan (Ryanair) โ 48
๐บ๐ธ Bernie Marcus (Home Depot) โ 49
๐บ๐ธ Gary Burrell (Garmin) โ 52
๐จ๐ญ Henri Nestlรฉ (Nestlรฉ) โ 52
๐บ๐ธ Ray Kroc (McDonaldโs) โ 52
๐ฎ๐ณ J. C. Mahindra (Mahindra) โ 53
๐น๐ญ Chaleo Yoovidhya (Red Bull) โ 53
๐บ๐ธ John Pemberton (Coca-Cola) โ 54
๐ฏ๐ต Kawasaki Shozo (Kawasaki) โ 59
๐บ๐ธ Charles Flint (IBM) โ 61
๐บ๐ธ Bill Porter (E*TRADE) โ 63
๐บ๐ธ Colonel Sanders (KFC) โ 65
There is no perfect age to start. Most people are just starting too late because they keep waiting for certainty.
Posted May 1, 2026, 11:37 AM UTC