10 People Who Were Fired Before They Became Popular and Rich

3. Walt Disney

Every child dreams of having ‘Mickey Mouse’ as their pet in one of the castles of ‘Disney Land’. The creator of ‘Mickey Mouse’ and other famous cartoons, Walt Disney used to drive an ambulance in his early days.

He always dreamt to become an animation artist. Not able to find any job as an animator, he took a turn to driving an ambulance.

According to most of the editors, he lacked imagination and creativity for being an animation artist.

4. Oprah Winfrey

Every celebrity has a dream to appear in the ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’. It is one of the highest TRP earning shows in the world.

Oprah Winfrey was the first black female news anchor at Nashville’s WLAC-TV. After she moved to Baltimore’s WJZ-TV in 1976 to anchor evening news, the producer got fed up by her performance and she lost the job.

She was then offered a role in a daytime show in the same channel as a solace. The show is known as ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ today.

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