Success At Any Age
When it comes to high-impact success–
age really is just a number.
age really is just a number.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was 50 years old when he published “On the Origin of the Species” which shaped the subject of evolution forever.
Henry Ford
Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company. After being an engineer for most of his adult life, he finally found success with the Model T Ford, released in 1908 when he was 45 years old.
Vera Wang
Vera Wang was 40 when she finally entered into the fashion industry.
Stan Lee
Stan Lee, the beloved comic book creator, who you can find cameos of in Marvel movies, didn’t catch his big break until he was almost 40 years old.
Julia Child
Julia Child published her first cookbook when she was 50 years old then later turned into a celebrity chef by having her own TV show.
She became the first woman to be inducted into the Culinary Institute of America’s Hall of Fame because she’s a boss with an apron on.
Tim & Nina Zagat
Tim and Nina Zagat were both 51 year-old lawyers when they published their first collection of restaurant reviews under the Zagat name in 1979.
Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc was 53 years old when he started working with restaurant owners and 59 when he bought his first McDonald’s.
Doris & Donald Fisher
Donald Fisher and his wife Doris founded The Gap when he was 41 years old. It’s now just referred to as Gap and is a multi-million dollar franchise.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book in 1932 when she was 65 years old. Little House became a hit for children. She turned her books into a series which were later used as the storyline for the beloved Little House on the Prairie.
Grandma Moses
You might know her as Grandma Moses, or you might not know her at all, but she was an artistic genius. She started painting at the beautiful age of 78. Her paintings were featured on postage stamps (that was a big deal in the 1940s) and in 2016, one of her paintings sold for over $1 million.
Harry Bernstein
Sweet Harry Bernstein published his memoir called “The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers” at the age of 96. The book is about his childhood, his relationship with his mother and his alcoholic father. He went on to write two more books.
Harland Sanders
Harland Sanders is famous for creating Kentucky Fried Chicken. He was 62 years old when he franchised KFC and our lives were never the same.