Billionaire business owners are the driving force behind huge companies.
Amazon would not exist without Jeff Bezos, and the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs is an integral part of that company’s current success.
These people are, rightly or wrongly, regarded as high-level business thinkers and are gifted with an incredible drive for success a lot of us don’t have.
However, with that talent sometimes comes some eccentric behavior.
Here are some bizarre habits of famous business leaders.
Steve Jobs had weeks of eating one type of food
Steve Jobs, who died in 2011 aged 56, was a strict vegan who went through periods of being a “fruitist” (only eating fruit).
He also had a slightly odd habit of only eating one food item for weeks at a time.
For example, he spent a week only eating carrots.
Jobs was also known to de-stress by soaking his feet in the office toilets.
Bill Gates would memorize employees’ numberplates
The Microsoft billionaire has admitted in the early days of Microsoft he would memorize the number plates of his staff.
This was so he could keep track of their comings and goings.
Let’s hope he’s a bit less suspicious these days, considering Microsoft now has 120,000 staff in the U.S.
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Richard Branson works out at 5am and drinks a lot of tea
The Virgin billionaire Richard Branson, 73, who now lives on his own private island in the Caribbean, gets up and 5am every day and works out.
This is his daily routine to maintain energy and productivity.
He also drinks around 20 cups of tea a day.
Elon Musk does everything in five minutes
The Tesla Billionaire is well-known for his exhausting work ethic and controversial tweets.
He manages to fit a huge amount into his day by doing everything in five-minute bursts.
This would make for a hectic diary, and you’d assume everyone he meets has to be very well-prepared.
Jack Dorsey starts the day with an ice bath
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is said to start the day with an ice bath.
This notoriously unpleasant health treatment is said to give him the confidence to take on anything over the course of the day.
Warren Buffett eats McDonald’s for breakfast
The Berkshire Hathaway billionaire is now 93, and seems to exist on the sort of diet that’s now frowned upon.
According to news reports, Buffett has a McDonald’s breakfast most days, but sometimes swaps this for choc-chip ice cream and Coca-Cola.
He also drinks five cans of Coke a day.
