Sentence examples for left a successful from inspiring English sources

Brown left a successful career in property for this, and it seems he made a shrewd investment.

Mr. Rossotti, 61, left a successful career as chief executive of a technology and management company in 1997 to try to fix the I.R.S.

A conservative Republican, Mr. Simon left a successful Wall Street career as a bond trader in 1973 to join Richard Nixon's administration as deputy treasury secretary.

Hetherington had left a successful stills career behind to follow up his Oscar-nominated film documentary about the American Marines in Afghanistan and was shooting more video.

In 2006, frustrated by the impersonal quality of corporate game development, Murray left a successful career with Electronic Arts, one of the largest manufacturers of video games in the world.

Dr. Nielsen, 38, who left a successful science career to write "Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science," agreed that scientists have been "very inhibited and slow to adopt a lot of online tools".

I was leaving a successful career in enterprise software to start a flower company?

Customers have been attracted by the Britishness of the product, says Marsh, who has no regrets about leaving a successful career in accountancy.

A new year often goes hand in hand with the desire for a fresh start, and for Sarah Henderson, 2016 has seen her leave a successful career as a creative content manager to set up as a freelance copywriter and proofreader.

More than a decade of peace, democracy and prosperity made it possible for a Western-educated professional like Mr. Awuah to leave a successful career in the United States and return home with the single objective of improving African society through education.

I wanted to find out why someone would leave a successful business career in New York City and relocate to Cornwall, opening a company called Housatonic River Outfitters and living contentedly on one-tenth of what he used to earn.