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From scooping ice cream to waitressing at Hooters, here are the unglamorous first jobs of 23 highly successful people

Rachel Gillett,Richard FeloniAug 18, 2016, 20:35 IST

President Barack Obama buys an ice cream in the Grand Ole Creamery in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 26, 2014.Larry Downing/Reuters

It can be easy to see the world's most powerful and influential people as occupying a sphere far removed from the rest us.

But many of the most successful people were born without silver spoons in their mouths and started off working odd jobs to earn money.

These 23 highly successful people prove that the path to success doesn't have to be linear.

Dylan Love contributed reporting.