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>In 2004, we had 59% of the Forbes 400 having made their own fortune, as opposed to 41% who inherited it. Quote from your own source...

• jacalata 10y ago
  The article explains that they rank the level of "self-made-ness" out of 10, with 10 being from a poor family with no advantages. Then it says " A total of 34 billionaires, or 8.5%, scored as 10s".
  • Tinyyy 10y ago
    So given 10 possible rankings, it is pretty well distributed then?
    • jacalata 10y ago
      Well distributed for what metric? Their backgrounds clearly don't match the normal population, since the normal population isn't 7% billionaires.