The path to success isn’t always a straightforward, uphill climb—even the most accomplished leaders, like Mike Bloomberg and Mark Cuban, were knocked down before making it big time. The same is true for Kenn Ricci, a serial American aviation businessman and chairman of private jet company Flexjet. After being put on leave from his first pilot job out of the Air Force, he turned a sticky situation into a billion-dollar fortune.
“I worked for [airline] Northwest Orient for a brief period of time. I get furloughed. Unemployed, back living with my parents,” Ricci told the Wall Street Journal in a recent interview when reminiscing on how he made his first $1 million.
