12 famous people who started their careers as interns

Áine Cain

Jul 7, 2016, 19:50 IST

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Bill Gates started out as a Congressional page.

When you think of interns, you probably don't think of highly powerful people - Hollywood moguls, tech giants, and NBA stars.

But everyone's got to get their start somewhere.

Turns out some of the most famous and successful people started out as interns.

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Here are 12 of them:

Judith Aquino contributed to a previous version of this story.

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