11 CEOs who had weird jobs before they became successful (+Photos)

2. Leslie Moonves

Via latimes.com

Current Job: President and CEO of CBS Corporation

Weird Job: Actor

Moonves began as a struggling actor in New York. In an interview with Fortune, he described his acting skills as mediocre so he figured it was better if he got into the production end of the business.

Before he gave up on acting, he played a few tough guy roles in series like Cannon and Six Million Dollar Man before he gave it all up.

He first worked at 20^th Century Fox Television before joining Lorimar Television in 1985. He later became CEO of Warner Bros. Television and in July 1995 he joined CBS. 7 years later, he was promoted to Chairman and CEO of CBS.