Nikola Tesla · every age

What was Nikola Tesla doing at 24?

Arrived in America broke at 28, left the world AC power

1. c. 1881

   Took a job at the Budapest telephone exchange at 25

   He later said the idea for the AC motor came to him here.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Photo: Unknown, c. 1890, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source