Jeff Bezos Says Working At McDonald's Was 'Great Job' Cleaning Bathrooms And Spilt Ketchup—But It Taught Him 'You Have To Start At The Bottom'

Benzinga12-11

Before launching Amazon, building rockets at Blue Origin, and climbing to a net worth of $238 billion according to Forbes, Jeff Bezos was just another teenager in a fast-food uniform. His first job? ...

Source Link

Disclaimer: Investing carries risk. This is not financial advice. The above content should not be regarded as an offer, recommendation, or solicitation on acquiring or disposing of any financial products, any associated discussions, comments, or posts by author or other users should not be considered as such either. It is solely for general information purpose only, which does not consider your own investment objectives, financial situations or needs. TTM assumes no responsibility or warranty for the accuracy and completeness of the information, investors should do their own research and may seek professional advice before investing.

Comments

We need your insight to fill this gap

Leave a comment

{"i18n":{"language":"en_US"},"isChannel":false,"data":{"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2590510854?lang=en_US&edition=fundamental","thumbnail":"https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/12/11/Avoiding-Impact-When-Landing.jpeg?optimize=medium&dpr=2&auto=webp&width=260","is_english":true,"pubTime":"2025-12-11 23:45","share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","id":"2590510854","market":"nz","top_or_hot":-1,"title":"Jeff Bezos Says Working At McDonald's Was 'Great Job' Cleaning Bathrooms And Spilt Ketchup—But It Taught Him 'You Have To Start At The Bottom'","media":"Benzinga","content":"<div>\n<p>Before launching Amazon, building rockets at Blue Origin, and climbing to a net worth of $238 billion according to Forbes, Jeff Bezos was just another teenager in a fast-food uniform. His first job? ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.benzinga.com/news/topics/25/12/49337925/jeff-bezos-says-working-at-mcdonalds-was-great-job-cleaning-bathrooms-and-spilt-ketchup-but-it-taught-him-you-have-to-start-at-the-bottom\">Source Link</a>\n\n</div>\n","source":"benzinga_hot_news","html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Jeff Bezos Says Working At McDonald's Was 'Great Job' Cleaning Bathrooms And Spilt Ketchup—But It Taught Him 'You Have To Start At The Bottom'</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nJeff Bezos Says Working At McDonald's Was 'Great Job' Cleaning Bathrooms And Spilt Ketchup—But It Taught Him 'You Have To Start At The Bottom'\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2025-12-11 23:45 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.benzinga.com/news/topics/25/12/49337925/jeff-bezos-says-working-at-mcdonalds-was-great-job-cleaning-bathrooms-and-spilt-ketchup-but-it-taught-him-you-have-to-start-at-the-bottom><strong>Benzinga</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Before launching Amazon, building rockets at Blue Origin, and climbing to a net worth of $238 billion according to Forbes, Jeff Bezos was just another teenager in a fast-food uniform. His first job? ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.benzinga.com/news/topics/25/12/49337925/jeff-bezos-says-working-at-mcdonalds-was-great-job-cleaning-bathrooms-and-spilt-ketchup-but-it-taught-him-you-have-to-start-at-the-bottom\">Source Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","isBrief":false,"type":0,"news_type":1,"symbol":"LU1244550221.USD","symbol_name":"FRANKLIN GLOBAL MULTI-ASSET  INCOME \"A\" (USDHEDGED) INC (M)","start_time":0,"source_url":"https://www.benzinga.com/news/topics/25/12/49337925/jeff-bezos-says-working-at-mcdonalds-was-great-job-cleaning-bathrooms-and-spilt-ketchup-but-it-taught-him-you-have-to-start-at-the-bottom","article_id":"2590510854","we_media_id":null,"thumbnails":["https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/12/11/Avoiding-Impact-When-Landing.jpeg?optimize=medium&dpr=2&auto=webp&width=260"],"rights":{"source":"benzinga_hot_news","url":"https://www.benzinga.com/news/topics/25/12/49337925/jeff-bezos-says-working-at-mcdonalds-was-great-job-cleaning-bathrooms-and-spilt-ketchup-but-it-taught-him-you-have-to-start-at-the-bottom","rn_cache_url":null,"directOrigin":true},"url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2590510854","pubTimestamp":1765467900,"columns":[],"sourceInfo":{"source_id":"benzinga_hot_news","name":"Benzinga"},"weMediaInfo":null,"summary":"Before launching Amazon, building rockets at Blue Origin, and climbing to a net worth of $238 billion according to Forbes, Jeff Bezos was just another teenager in a fast-food uniform. His first job?Cleaning bathrooms and mopping up five-gallon ketchup disasters at a McDonald's in Miami.At the 2025 America Business Forum in Miam last month, Bezos reflected on his earliest work experience—not with irony, but with appreciation.\"That was a great job, by the way,\" he said on stage. \"I learned a lot. Be on time. You have to start at the bottom. I cleaned the bathrooms.\" And when the ketchup dispenser exploded, flooding the floor, Bezos didn't duck. \"Who do you think they asked to clean it up?The lesson stuck. So did the location. Bezos recalled returning to the same McDonald's on Dixie Highway recently with his wife, Lauren Sánchez. \"We drove through the drive-thru, got Big Macs and chicken nuggets,\" he said. \"It looks exactly the same as it did 40 years ago.\"","collect":0,"end_time":0,"defaultTopTitle":"benzinga.com","property":[],"viewcount":null,"language":"en","relate_stocks":{"LU1244550221.USD":"FRANKLIN GLOBAL MULTI-ASSET  INCOME \"A\" (USDHEDGED) INC (M)","BK4581":"高盛持仓","IE00BJJMRX11.SGD":"Janus Henderson Balanced A Acc SGD","LU0942090050.USD":"UBS (LUX) EQUITY SICAV - US TOTAL YIELD SUSTAINABLE \"P\" (USD)  INC","LU1718418525.SGD":"JPMorgan Investment Funds - Global Select Equity A (acc) SGD","LU2279689827.SGD":"JPMorgan Investment Funds - Global Income Sustainable A (mth) SGD-H","LU0912757837.SGD":"JPMorgan Investment Funds - Global Income A (mth) SGD-H","LU0417517546.SGD":"Allianz US Equity Cl AT Acc SGD","LU2133065610.SGD":"JPMorgan Investment Funds - Global Dividend A (mth) SGD","LU0726765562.USD":"JPM GLOBAL INCOME \"A\" (USD HEDGED) INC","LU2347655156.SGD":"JPMorgan Investment Funds - Global Income A (icdiv) SGD-H","MCD":"麦当劳","LU0256863811.USD":"ALLIANZ US EQUITY \"A\" INC","BK4585":"ETF&股票定投概念","LU0795875086.SGD":"JPMorgan Investment Funds - Global Income A (div) SGD","IE00BJTD4N35.SGD":"Neuberger Berman US Long Short Equity A1  Acc SGD-H","LU2347655073.USD":"JPM GLOBAL INCOME \"A\" (USDHDG) INC A","IE00B7KXQ091.USD":"Janus Henderson Balanced A Inc USD","BK4534":"瑞士信贷持仓","LU1244550494.USD":"FRANKLIN GLOBAL MULTI-ASSET INCOME \"A\" (USDHEDGED) ACC","LU0868494708.USD":"UBS (LUX) EQUITY SICAV - US TOTAL YIELD SUSTAINABLE \"P\" (USD) INC","BK4610":"咖啡茶饮","IE00BFSS7M15.SGD":"Janus Henderson Balanced A Acc SGD-H","BK4566":"资本集团","LU0868494617.USD":"UBS (LUX) EQUITY SICAV - US TOTAL YIELD SUSTAINABLE \"P\" (USD) ACC","IE00BFSS8Q28.SGD":"Janus Henderson Balanced A Inc SGD-H","LU1244550577.SGD":"FTIF - Franklin Global Multi-Asset Income A (Mdis) SGD-H1","LU1074936037.SGD":"JPMorgan Funds - US Value A (acc) SGD","BK4504":"桥水持仓","LU1035773651.USD":"AB SICAV I - GLOBAL VALUE PORTFOLIO \"AD\" (USD) INC","IE00BJTD4V19.USD":"NEUBERGER BERMAN US LONG SHORT EQUITY \"A1\" (USD) ACC","IE0004445015.USD":"JANUS HENDERSON BALANCED \"A2\" (USD) ACC","LU0795875169.SGD":"JPMorgan Investment Funds - Global Income A (div) SGD-H","BK4209":"餐馆","LU1732800096.USD":"摩根大通环球收益基金A (irc)","BK4588":"碎股","BK4550":"红杉资本持仓","LU1430594728.SGD":"Eastspring Investments - Global Low Volatility Equity AS SGD","LU1585245621.USD":"EASTSPRING INV GLOBAL LOW VOLATILITY EQUITY FUND \"A\" (USD) ACC B","LU1069347547.HKD":"AB SICAV I - GLOBAL VALUE PORTFOLIO \"AD\" (HKD) INC","LU1732799900.SGD":"JPMorgan Investment Funds - Global Income A (irc) SGD-H","IE00BJJMRY28.SGD":"Janus Henderson Balanced A Inc SGD"},"translate_title":"杰夫·贝索斯说，在麦当劳工作是一份“伟大的工作”，打扫浴室和洒番茄酱——但这教会了他“你必须从底层开始”","themeId":null,"isJumpTheme":false,"ttsUrl":null,"symbols_score_info":{"MCD":1.5},"content_text":"Before launching Amazon, building rockets at Blue Origin, and climbing to a net worth of $238 billion according to Forbes, Jeff Bezos was just another teenager in a fast-food uniform. His first job? Cleaning bathrooms and mopping up five-gallon ketchup disasters at a McDonald's in Miami.\nAt the 2025 America Business Forum in Miam last month, Bezos reflected on his earliest work experience—not with irony, but with appreciation.\n\"That was a great job, by the way,\" he said on stage. \"I learned a lot. Be on time. You have to start at the bottom. I cleaned the bathrooms.\" And when the ketchup dispenser exploded, flooding the floor, Bezos didn't duck. \"Who do you think they asked to clean it up? This guy.\"\nDon't Miss:\nThe lesson stuck. So did the location. Bezos recalled returning to the same McDonald's on Dixie Highway recently with his wife, Lauren Sánchez. \"We drove through the drive-thru, got Big Macs and chicken nuggets,\" he said. \"It looks exactly the same as it did 40 years ago.\"\nAs the founder of both Amazon and Blue Origin, Bezos shared that his childhood dream—to build a space company that could one day move heavy-polluting industry off Earth—was already in his head back in high school. \"This little kid… was dreaming at that time of building a space company,\" he said. \"And this guy sitting here on stage with you is still dreaming the same dream 40 years later.\"\nThe takeaway wasn't just about nostalgia. It was about grit, responsibility, and learning to show up. Speaking to author Cody Teets in the book \"Golden Opportunity: Remarkable Careers That Began at McDonald's,\" Bezos said that \"you can learn responsibility in any job if you take it seriously. You learn a lot as a teenager working at McDonald's. It's different from what you learn in school. Don't underestimate the value of that.\"\nTrending: Have $100k+ to invest? Charlie Munger says that's the toughest milestone — don't stall now. Get matched with a fiduciary advisor and keep building\nBezos wasn't the only one mopping floors and clocking in for minimum wage before launching into the stratosphere. Actor James Franco once relied on McDonald's to stay afloat after dropping out of college. \"When I needed McDonald's, McDonald's was there for me,\" he wrote in a 2015 Washington Post essay. \"When no one else was.\" He added that when someone asked if he felt the job was beneath him, his answer was simple: \"I was definitely not too good to work at McDonald's.\"\nJay Leno, the longtime host of \"The Tonight Show,\" worked at a McDonald's in Massachusetts and credited the job with teaching him discipline that carried into his career, according to CNBC. \nFor startup founders, side hustlers, and big-dreamers slogging through low-paying jobs, Bezos' message is clear: your first gig doesn't define your ceiling—but it might shape your foundation. Whether you're cleaning up spills or debugging code, lessons in humility and hustle still count.\nAfter all, if a teenager scraping ketchup off tile can one day build the world's largest e-commerce platform and a private rocket company, there's room for anyone to dream. But only if they're willing to start at the bottom—and stick around long enough to reach the top.\nRead Next: \nImage: Imagn","kind":"news","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.35.12","shortVersion":"4.35.12","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2590510854","isCrawlerRequest":true}