For instance, you could own or have inherited (or even work for) a business that generates you $1 million in income every year - this puts you in the 99% income

For instance, you could own or have inherited (or even work for) a business that generates you $1 million in income every year - this puts you in the 99% income percentile. You certainly don't have a massive fortune saved up, just a modest $300 million. By all means you are "super rich" compared to the average human but you're not a billionaire. Debating definitions is bad, can we not? TL;DR figurative language sometimes doesn't follow definitions exactly