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Originally Posted by crockett
I had to break it to you tough guy, but the so called 1% he is listing are not guys that got there by their own hard work. They are almost always trust fund babies that have had money in their family for generations.
The handful of new comers that that kind of money are very rare examples like Bill Gates & the Google guys and I'm pretty sure non of them came from a family living in poverty.
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wrong, there is more new money around than ever. The conspiracy theorists around here like to think there is only old money and old money runs the world, but there is a hell of a lot of new money, more than every, it is easier to become a billionaire than ever, (not saying I'm on the verge of doing it or anything).
Warren Buffet - came from some money, but is no trust fund baby, started working at 8 years old!
Gates - parents had money, but not rich
Zuckerberg - parents had money, not rich
Steve Jobs - was adopted by a mechanic
Sheldon Alderson (owns the venetian hotel, he is worth 20 billion) - born dirt poor
Jay Z, Puff Daddy / PDiddy???, 50 cent, Eminem, kid Rock - Each worth a couple hundred million plus, none started out rich.
Jean Paul DeJoria (owns Paul Mitchell hair products) was homeless at 30 years old, after quitting the navy, borrowed $700 (yes seven hundred) and turned it into 4 Billion
Oprah - probably don't have to tell you who she is
Howard Schultz (owner of Starbucks) grew up in a housing project in Brooklyn
Ursela Burns, grew up in projects in Manhattan, is CEO of Xerox
Guy Laliberte - was a street busker, started cirque de solei, worth 3 Billion
Leonardo Del Vecchio - grew up in orphanage, was never adopted, started sunglasses hut and Lens Crafters, worth 10 Billion
Kirk Kergorian - dirt poor, now worth $16 Billion, owns MGM Grand and Flamingo.
Ingvar Kamprad - grew up on poor farm, started Ikea, worth 6 Billion.
Richard Desmond (publisher) grew up in a garage, now a billionaire.
here's a good one!
JK Rowling - WAS ON WELFARE WHEN SHE WROTE HARRY POTTER (now Billionaire)
Sam Walton - was poor, but now his kids are billionaires, does that make them bad people?
poor people become rich every day, and rich people become poor every day. Families who are able to accrue an incredible ammount of wealth and hand portions of it down from generation to generation should be admired. The people could have wasted their money on gold rims and gold teeth, but instead said "I'm going to make sure my kids and my kids kids are rich, regardless of how dumb they are"!