I don't think most people consider that "rich". They consider that "upper middle class" or even possibly "upper class", depending on lifestyle. But "rich" ind

I don't think most people consider that "rich". They consider that "upper middle class" or even possibly "upper class", depending on lifestyle. But "rich" indicates a lot more money and a lifestyle above those. My father came from a family that couldn't afford to put any of their children through college. They wore hand-me-down clothes and barely got by. Through his own hard work, he learned engineering and management and had a family with none of the problems above. That's definitely 'success' in my definition, but I wouldn't call us "rich". My wife and I are both software devs, and we make good money. But I still wouldn't call us "rich". Definitely successful, though. I guess one could argue that there was luck along the way, but not "insane luck" because I can't point it out. There were no lotteries or inheritances involved. My point is that unless those business owners managed to have multi-million-dollar bank accounts, I don't think they were rich, just successful. I think the number of people who do manage that, without being blatantly dishonest, is pretty small. Not non-existent, just pretty small.