First Quote by Fred DeLuca

I opened my own restaurant when I was 17. I went broke, then traveled around the country, learning about different kinds of foods, had…

— Paul Prudhomme

I started my first business at 14!

— Terry McAuliffe

My mom and dad had a store, and sometimes people would return broken stuff. I'd take it apart and reassemble it. At 16, I…

— Marcel Wanders

When I was 13, I opened my own business called The Awesome Pretzel Company, and my dad helped me build a pretzel cart.

— Guy Fieri

My first job was at Baskin-Robbins. I made store manager at 16.

— Eric McCormack

I was about seven years old. In my mother's garage I used to create plays and star in them and charge the neighborhood kids…

— Franny Armstrong

I never went shopping. That wasn't my thing. I grew up horseback riding. That was my passion. I didn't start shopping until about 16…

— Mary-Kate Olsen

When I came out of high school, I was a little kid. I didn't understand the business.

— Gerald Green

I started to explore computers on my own and first used one at the age of 6, when I was in first grade.

— Arfa Karim

Back when I was 15 or 16, in Dallas there was a department store called Sanger-Harris. One holiday season, I got a job as…

— Karen Katz

When I was 15, I got a job at the first Hollister that opened up.

— Jessica Stroup

I started in the supermarket business in the early '70s. And by '75, '76, I realized you don't have a business unless you own…

— John Catsimatidis