1.
Colonial Sanders didn't come up with the secret recipie until he was 50 years old.
2.
Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant ramen, did not invent Cup Noodles until he was 61.
3.
Vivienne Westwood didn't have her first runway show until she was 41.
4.
Peter Roget invented the thesaurus at 73.
5.
Charles Darwin didn't publish his theory of evolution until he was 50.
6.
Ray Kroc didn't found the McDonald's corporation until he was 52.
7.
Julia Child didn't even learn how to cook until she was nearly 40.
9.
Laura Ingalls Wilder didn't get to publish her Little House On The Prairie books until she was in her 60s.
10.
Raymond Chandler published his first novel, The Big Sleep, when he was 51.
12.
Phyllis Diller didn't even start her stand-up career until she was 37.
14.
Phillip Glass was an unknown cab driver who didn't get his first major work performed at the Metropolitan Opera House until he was almost 40.