11 wildly successful people who switched careers after age 50

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Maybe you’re not ready to retire, but your current career just isn’t doing it for you anymore. Interests change, skills change, goals change. But never fear — you don’t need to stay in a job you’re no longer passionate about. Need proof? Look no further than these 11 illustrious people who pursued a new passion post-50.Harland Sanders’ finger-licking good chicken may be world-renowned now, but it took him several decades to find that sweet spot.

At 40, he began running a Kentucky service station, where he also offered fried chicken to hungry patrons. By 1935, Sanders’ recipe had become so regionally famous that Governor Ruby Laffoon honored him with an official Kentucky colonel title. The Colonel franchised in 1952, at the age of 62. He was in his 70s when he sold his interest in KFC for $2 million — and that’s not chicken scratch.

Like so many others, the Wilders took a hit during the Great Depression — and that’s when she tried her hand at writing novels. First published

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