Aside from the fact that Arnold Schwarzenegger is an actor, a former governor and a former professional bodybuilder, many do not know that he once had a bricklaying business in the past. Arnold started out as a bodybuilder, and he won major competitions like Olympia. After he retired from bodybuilding profession, he started a bricklaying business with a friend known as Franco Columbu, a fellow bodybuilder, in 1968. Arnold and Franco started the business, but things were not turning out the way they expected.
However, they created a brand for the bricklaying business, and they started calling themselves European bricklayers. After this, the business started flourishing, and both made a fortune out of it. Arnold Schwarzenegger proceeded by investing in real estate, and he started a business that provides food supplement for evolving bodybuilders. The bricklaying business was one of the things that set his feet onto the path of greatness in life.