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

9. Richard Branson

Current Job: Founder and Chairman of Virgin Group

Weird Job: Hit Record Producer

In an interview with Business Insider, Branson said his first entrepreneurial venture came about when he opened a recording studio at 22 years of age.

He managed to bring in singer Mike Oldfield and together they recorded their first single “Tubular Bells” which stayed on the U.K. charts for close to five years. He went on to sign controversial bands like the Sex Pistols.

Unfortunately, in 1992, he had to sell the recording company in order to keep his airline business going.