Although quitting one's job without a plan is considered detrimental, especially with the soaring numbers of unemployed Kenyans, some individuals have dared and succeeded.
These Kenyans made the bold move to leave their respective ventures and invest in completely different areas and ended up joining the billionaires' club.
They followed their dreams and for some, it was despite having a vast educational background or much money and resources.
Here are four such Kenyan billionaires who ended up becoming became game-changers in their fields
James Mageria
The late James Mageria left his job as a high-ranking police officer and later became one of the founders of Karen Hospital.
He joined the workforce by first becoming a police officer in the 1960s and rose up the ranks to the position of officer in charge of crime and investigation.
He later became a trainer in the service before ascending to serve as a co-chairman of the Police Oversight Board.
However, Mageria left his career in the police service and joined American Express in Kenya where he rose to become one of the youngest executives at the time. He then joined forces with other businessmen and founded Karen Hospital.
In a previous interview, he stated that he was inspired to enter the field after growing up in Mt Kenya during a time when people were being killed by Mau Mau and bloodshed was taking place.
Nelson Muguku
The late businessman was a multi-billionaire who quit his college teaching job, while still in his 20s to start a poultry business with just Ksh2,000, two hens and one cock.
He started rearing chicken with the help of his father for the first six months and got married around the same time.
His wife, Leah Wanjiku, who was then a teacher at Kagaa Primary School in Githunguri quit her teaching job and joined Muguku in poultry farming.
His two amassed wealth as their business blossomed and he later established two primary schools, Kikuyu Township and Kidfarmaco as well as a high school - the former Greenacres School - at Red Hill off Limuru Road and renamed it Tumaini School.
The family of the late Muguku owns the Karen Waterfront Mall located within the intersection between Lang'ata Road, Karen Road and Ngong' Road.
Paul Kinuthia
Kinuthia, the owner of Nice and Lovely, started out as a hawker in the streets of Nairobi before he decided to start making his own shampoo.
With only Ksh3,000, he designed and manufactured his own shampoo, which he sold to various salons.
At the time, he was stationed at a shop on Kirinyaga Road before relocating to Kariobangi and then Gikomba until 2001 when he hired professionals to help market the product.
As of 2012, the company was commanding an annual revenue of Ksh1.7 billion with profits of Ksh200 million.
On April 15, 2013, Kinuthia closed a Ksh1.5 billion deal with L'Oreal Cosmetics from Paris, France, which acquired part of the company.
Jackson Kibor
The late Kibor, who was well known as the Chairman of the Men's Conference served as a police officer before leaving the service to venture into farming.
Mzee Kibor, who was born in the early 1950s in Nandi County, was orphaned as a child before dropping out of school in Class 5 for failing to pay Ksh1.05 per year.
While he was training for the service, Kibor honed his skills as a darts player .
He participated in a game of darts competition and won Ksh35,000 which he used to buy an 836 acres piece of land.
He later made his fortune by farming the piece of land with the help of his wife.
Kibor went on to amass over 4,500 acres of land across Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, Nairobi, Taita Taveta and further across the Country in addition to his fleet of luxury vehicles.
