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17 People Who Left Finance Careers For Startups And Will Make Way More Because Of It

Alyson ShontellAug 4, 2013, 17:56 IST

If you want to make a lot of money, you get a job on Wall Street.

If you want to make even more money, you might dump that Wall Street job for a startup.

It isn't a career path that works out for everyone. But for the founders of Wikipedia and Amazon, for example, ditching finance for tech was a smart choice.