Ornella Barra

    • Company: Alliance Boots

    • Global MPW rank: 21

    Ornella Barra's first job was working in a pharmacy in the town of Chiavari, near Genoa in Northern Italy. Barra, now chief executive, Wholesale and Brands for Alliance Boots, subsequently managed the pharmacy, and then bought it.

    奥尼拉•巴拉

    •公司：联合博姿

    •全球最具影响力商界女性排名：21

    奥尼拉•巴拉的第一份工作是就职于意大利南部热那亚附近基亚瓦里小镇上的药店。巴拉现在担任联合博姿（Alliance Boots）批发和品牌业务的首席执行官，此前管理过这家医药企业，后来又收购了它。

    Elizabeth Corley

    • Company: Allianz Global Investors

    • Global MPW rank: 32

    Allianz Global Investors CEO Elizabeth Corley says her first "proper" job was as a filing clerk at Sun Alliance (now Royal Sun Alliance, a British insurer), though she did have an earlier gig selling shoes.

    伊丽莎白•科利

    •公司：德盛安联资产

    •全球最具影响力商界女性排名：32

    德盛安联资产（Allianz Global Investors）总裁伊丽莎白•科利说，她第一份“体面”的工作是在太阳联合保险公司【Sun Alliance现在是英国皇家太阳联合保险公司（Royal Sun Alliance）】担任档案员，尽管她此前打零工时卖的是鞋子。

    Karen Agustiawan

    • Company: Pertamina

    • Global MPW rank: 33

    After graduation from Bandung Institute of Technology, Pertamina CEO Karen Agustiawan took a technical position with Mobil Oil Indonesia. At the time, a mother of two, she was the only woman oil technician/worker in the Arun oil exploration field in Aceh, Indonesia.

    卡伦•阿古斯蒂亚万

    •公司名称：印尼国家石油公司

    •全球最具影响力商界女性排名：33

    从万隆理工学院（Bandung Institute of Technology）毕业后，印尼国家石油公司（Pertamina）首席执行官卡伦•阿古斯蒂亚万在美孚石油印尼公司（Mobil Oil Indonesia）担任过技术职位。当时，她是两个孩子的母亲，也是印度尼西亚亚齐省阿伦石油勘探区域唯一的女性石油技术员工。

    Lubna Olayan

    • Company: Olayan Financing

    • Global MPW rank: 43

    Lubna Olayan, CEO of Saudi Arabia's Olayan Financing, recalls: "My first job was in 1979, when I joined the JP Morgan training program as a trainee financial analyst in NYC."

    卢布娜•奥拉扬

    •公司：奥拉扬金融集团

    •全球最具影响力商界女性排名：43

    卢布娜•奥拉扬是沙特阿拉伯奥拉扬金融集团（Olayan Financing）的首席执行官，她回忆：“我在1979年找到了第一份工作，加入了摩根大通（JP Morgan）的培训计划，在纽约担任实习金融分析师。”

    Angela Ahrendts

    • Company: Burberry

    • Global MPW rank: 50

    Indiana native Angela Ahrendts, CEO of Burberry, says "high school summers were spent as a lifeguard and swim instructor at a local pool."

    安吉拉•阿伦茨

    •公司：博柏利

    •全球最具影响力商界女性排名：50

    来自印第安纳州的安吉拉•阿伦德是博柏利公司（Burberry）的首席执行官（现已加入苹果公司——译注）。她说：“高中暑假期间，我在当地的游泳池当过救生员和游泳教练。”

    Nancy McKinstry

    • Company: Wolters Kluwer

    • Global MPW rank: 38

    Wolters Kluwer CEO Nancy McKinstry got her first job at the age of 13, working at a summer camp kitchen in the small town of Portland, Connecticut, where she grew up. "At 6:00 am I would help the cook make breakfast, then walk back home, and return to help with lunch and later dinner. The job helped me appreciate a strong work ethic and to really think about what I wanted to do; food services didn't seem a good fit."

    南希•麦肯斯基

    •公司：威科集团

    •全球最具影响力商界女性排名： 38

    威科集团（Wolters Kluwer）首席执行官南希•麦肯斯基13岁的时候就找到了她的第一份工作，在她成长的康涅狄格州波特兰小镇上的夏令营厨房里工作。“每天早上6点，我帮助厨师做早餐，然后步行回家。然后回来帮忙做午餐，然后是晚餐。这份工作让我体会到强烈的工作热情，认真考虑我想做什么；饮食服务似乎并不适合我。”

    Annika Falkengren

    • Company: SEB

    • Global MPW rank: 23

    When she was 14 years old Annika Falkengren, CEO of Swedish bank SEB, packaged goods at a grocery store during two weeks of summer. Through her teen years she also worked for a big Swedish bookstore chain, Akademibokhandeln.

    "I really liked that there was a lot of discussions about literature and authors among the staff," she says. "I learned from them and discovered the pleasure of reading."

    安尼卡•法尔肯格伦

    •公司：SEB银行

    •全球最具影响力商界女性排名：23

    年仅14岁的时候，瑞典SEB银行首席执行官安尼卡•法尔肯格伦在杂货店里包装货物，她在夏天工作了两周的时间。青少年时期，她还为瑞典大型连锁书店Akademibokhandeln工作过。

    她说：“我真的很喜欢听员工们大聊特聊文学和文坛百家。我从他们身上学到了不少东西，发现了阅读的乐趣。”

    Harriet Green

    • Company: Thomas Cook

    • Global MPW rank: 35

    Harriet Green, Group CEO of Thomas Cook, say she first paid job was as a waitress at a pub that was part of a chain. The corporation ran contests for "up selling" — getting customers to order extra appetizers or buy a more expensive wine than planned.

    "My specialty was to sell a bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape at a cool £35 back then, nearly twice the price of a meal," she remembers. "The tavern was in the country so I would target the jockeys!"

    哈里特•格林

    •公司：托马斯库克公司

    •全球最具影响力商界女性排名：35

    托马斯库克公司（Thomas Cook）首席执行官哈里特•格林说，她第一份带薪工作是在连锁酒店旗下的酒吧里当女服务员。这家公司举行了“追加销售”的比赛——吸引顾客点额外的开胃菜，购买比原计划更昂贵的葡萄酒。

    她回忆道：“我当时的特长是销售每瓶35英镑的教皇新堡葡萄酒（Châteauneuf-du-Pape），这瓶酒的价格几乎是一顿饭的近两倍。这家酒馆位于乡下，因此我把骑师作为了推销目标。”

    Carolyn McCall

    • Company: EasyJet

    • Global MPW rank: 46

    After finishing her degree in history and politics at Kent University, Carolyn McCall took her first job teaching history at Holland Park School in London.

    She says, "Like all first jobs you learn quickly and develop skills which stay with you throughout your career. In teaching I learnt from other teachers how to be a clear and good communicator. I was always in competition with some sport lesson so I had to make things interesting, and I had to manage time well. I also learnt how to remember names and empathize with the kids I taught to get the most out of them. These are all learnings I've taken to every role since."

    卡洛琳•麦考尔

    •公司：易捷

    •全球最具影响力商界女性排名：46

    卡洛琳•麦考尔在肯特大学（Kent University）获得历史学和政治学学位后找到了第一份工作，在伦敦的荷兰公园学校（Holland Park School）教历史。

    她说：“就像所有的第一份工作那样，一个人学习得很快，掌握了贯穿整个职业生涯的技能。我在教学过程中从其他教师那里学会如何进行明确和良好的沟通。我总是和其他的体育课程相互竞争，因此我必须让课程变得更有趣，我要控制好授课时间。我还学会如何记住学生的名字，跟他们感同身受，充分调动他们的积极性。这些就是我此后担任各种职位的所有经验。”（财富中文网）

    译者：孟洁冰