It's not as easy, certainly, but I know of several founders who grew up poor. Steve Jobs father never graduated high school and fixed cars for a living. Larry

It's not as easy, certainly, but I know of several founders who grew up poor. Steve Jobs father never graduated high school and fixed cars for a living. Larry Ellison grew up in an apartment in the South Side of Chicago. Starbucks founder Howard Schultz grew up in a public housing project.