Everyone's measure of and path to success is different.
For some, it's mostly linear. Others encounter more twists, turns, and bumps along the way.
Before becoming the leader of the free world, Donald Trump, for example, was born into a real estate development family and inherited his father's business at 25.
Focus Brands group president Kat Cole, on the other hand, saw her 20s as more transformative years, working her way up the ladder from a Hooters waitress to the company's vice president by the time she was 26.
To illustrate how no two paths to success are alike, we've highlighted what 25 highly successful people were doing at age 25.
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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos had a cushy job in finance
At age 24, the future Amazon founder and CEO went to work at Bankers Trust developing revolutionary software for banking institutions at that time, according to "Jeff Bezos: The Founder of Amazon.com" by Ann Byers
Two years later, he became the company's youngest vice president.
President Donald Trump took over his father's real-estate-development company
President Trump grew up the wealthy son of a real-estate mogul.
At 25, the young real-estate developer was given control of his father's company, Elizabeth Trump & Son, which he later renamed the Trump Organization, according to Bio.
Shortly thereafter he became involved in large, profitable building projects in Manhattan.
Actress Jennifer Lawrence was an Oscar-winner raking in millions
Twenty-six-year-old Lawrence is Hollywood's highest-paid actress, raking $46 million pretax over 12 months in 2016, and closer to $52 million in 2015, according to Forbes.
By the time she was 25, Lawrence had starred in the box-office-hit "Hunger Games" trilogy and worked alongside a star-studded cast in the X-Men series.
At 22, she became the second-youngest winner of the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in "Silver Linings Playbook," and she has won many more awards for her work.
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