Many people worry that year after year is passing without them achieving their goals, while their dreams fade. But Business Insider published a report

on successful people from many fields who proved that life doesn’t stop at 40—and that it’s never too late.

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“دونالد فيشر”

He was 40 years old and had no retail experience when he and his wife opened the first Gap clothing store in San Francisco in 1969,

The store’s name quickly became well known, and it now has many locations, including some of the largest in the world.

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Harland Sanders

Known as Colonel Sanders, he was 62 when he founded the famous Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in 1952, and sold them twelve years later

بمليوني دولار.

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“والي بلوم”

He worked in the dairy business for many years before founding his own ice cream company, Denali Flavors, at age 57

in 1995, and the company generated about $80 million in revenue in 2009.

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“سام والتون”

He held a prominent retail management job in his twenties and thirties, but found true success after turning 44, when he founded the first store

for Walmart (WMT.N) in 1962.

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“هنري فورد”

When the founder of American automaker Ford (F.N) launched the Model T in 1908, he was 45 years old.

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“جاك ويل”

He founded Rockmount Ranch Wear, a cowboy clothing company, at the age of 45. It became one of the best-known brands of

cowboy clothing, and he remained its CEO until his death in 2008, aged 107.

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Momofuku Ando

He was a Taiwanese-Japanese businessman who made his mark on the history of the fast-food industry by inventing instant noodles in 1958, when he was

سن الـ48.

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“جاك كوفر”

He was a scientist at the U.S. space agency NASA before becoming a successful businessman in his 50s after inventing the stun gun.

عام 1970.

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Taikichiro Mori

He initially worked as a university professor, then became a real estate investor. At 51, he founded “Mori Building” and made a fortune from

his investments, making him the world’s richest man in 1992, with an estimated net worth of $13 billion.

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“راي كروك”

He worked as a milkshake machine salesman before buying “McDonald’s” (MCD.N) in 1954, at the age of 52, and developing it into one of the most successful

fast-food restaurant chains in the world.