The famous quote from Trump himself is "My father gave me a small loan of $1 Million dollars" (around 0:40 in this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXEO

The famous quote from Trump himself is "My father gave me a small loan of $1 Million dollars" (around 0:40 in this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXEOFHf1q9A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXEOFHf1q9A On the other hand, that's less than the investment funding I've seen to some folks on HN, and it's the same amount of capital that would be required if you wanted to open a McDonald's store [1]. But I think a majority of people would regard that as starting from a wealthy position, and certainly not bootstrapping anyway. [1] https://www.franchisehelp.com/franchises/mcdonalds/ https://www.franchisehelp.com/franchises/mcdonalds/