Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library/Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump was a student at the New York Military Academy.
- Sometimes talent is apparent at a young age. Bill Gates, worth $92.8 billion today, founded his first company at age 16.
- But sometimes it's not so clear. Steve Jobs's grade point average in high school was an abysmal 2.65 - mostly Bs and Cs.
- Read on to see how 11 of the most-accomplished people in the world spent their younger years.
Though we often like to think the signs of talent or intelligence are clear at a young age, that's not always the case.
Many of the world's most successful people didn't necessarily seem that way from the get-go. Kim Kardashian's classmates said she was quiet, while Steve Jobs earned mostly Bs and Cs in high school.
Sometimes the path to fame is obvious, though. Bill Gates was only 16 when he founded his first company.
Read on to learn what the biggest names in the world were like when they were mere underclassmen.