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Originally posted by theking
Do you have a source to verify your statement that the majority of the people that are worth more than $999,999 inherited their money. It may be true. I don't know. I personally know many people, including several from my graduating high school class that are worth that much, and more, that did not inherit their money. They came from working class parents, and started out as working class themselves. In addition I don't think that in this age being worth $999,999 is a qualifier to be classified as being rich.
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I wish I could find you some hard data right now, but I have read many articles on this over the years and it is true. One of the last articles I read was in fortune magazine. I think if you spend a little time on research you can easily verify this if you wish.
And yes you can find many examples of real life people that made it big despite the hurdles, but in terms of the rich the born rich vastly outnumber the made it themselves rich.