16. Steve Jobs was Fired From His Own Company

In 1985, after a contentious power struggle broke out between Steve Jobs and one of Apple Computers’ earliest CEOs, John Sculley, the company’s board of directors unanimously voted to oust the co-founder. Not all was lost, though: at just 30 years young, Jobs went on to pursue a number of lucrative ventures during the late 1980s and early 1990s.