Late Bloomers

A lot of people in their 30s or 40s and think that they still can’t be and do what they always wanted to do but that is not always true, in most careers it is not. So I’m going to list some very successful people who found their calling late in life, late bloomers. As George Elliot once said it is never too late to become who you might have been.

1. Gabe Newell, If you are a gamer, you probably know who he is but if you are not Gabe Newell is one of the founders of Valve at the age of 34 and would later on create the video game Half-Life and at the age of 41 he and his team would create a software called Steam which would go onto change PC gaming forever.

2. Morgan Freeman, Morgan Freeman didn’t appear in a movie until 1971 when he was 34 and didn’t have a big role until 1989 when he appeared in the movie Driving Miss Daisy when he was 52

3. Stan Lee, Stan Lee is mostly known for his work at Marvel but before he used to write stories in a variety of genres. In his late 30’s, he was thinking of finding a new career but his boss assigned him to create a new superhero team and he then create The Fantastic Four. Of course as the rest is history as he would go on to create X-Men, The Hulk, and Spiderman.

4. Colonel Sanders, Colonel Sanders of course mostly known for the very popular KFC fast food chain didn’t become a professional chef until he was 40 and it wasn’t until 62 when he started KFC. He then sold KFC for 2 million dollars in 1964 when he was 74.

5. Grandma Moses, Here is a crazy one! Grandma Moses who is known for these incredible paintings didn’t even start painting until she was in her 70s. Now why she started painting all of a sudden, I have no idea but man what an inspiration!