Losing one's job due to incompetence or failure to impress your employer can sometimes be heart-breaking. Showing up to work diligently and doing your best to keep your job can sometimes be a struggle and losing it due to some petty reasons can be devastating. Getting fired due to some unforeseen circumstances can be demotivating and can leave your self-worth down the drains. Giving up after getting dismissed from a previous employer isn't an option, getting back up and picking up the pieces can sometimes be a stepping stone for earning your first million. Listed below are famous individuals that earned their first million or even billion after getting fired.
First on the list is the famous Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs. As per Celebrity Net Worth, Jobs was once fired from Apple back in September 17, 1985. He was demotivated after losing his job most especially with the fact that Apple was his company. Amidst getting fired, he still kept his hopes up and went on and came up with another tech company, NeXT and he started Pixar. Years after he established NeXT, it was bought by Apple on 1996 for $427 million, which bought him back to Apple. His homecoming gave him a net worth of $10.2 million after introducing iPod, iPhone, and iPad.
Next is the famous talk show host, Oprah Winfrey. She used to work as an evening reporter in Baltimore for WJZ-TV. Winfrey however lost her job after being fired for being too emotionally attached with her stories. What's more heartbreaking is when she was reportedly told by the producer that she was unfit for television news. The same producer however gave her another career path by offering her a slot for a daytime talk show. Oprah worked for "People are Talking" for eight consecutive years which eventually landed her a on offer to host "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Oprah earn a spot in Forbes 400, she was ranked #211 with a net worth of $3 Billion.
