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>> Self-made billionaire > For me, would be that you earned the billions yourself. I think that would be billionare. At the least, yours seems to be an uncom

>> Self-made billionaire > For me, would be that you earned the billions yourself. I think that would be billionare. At the least, yours seems to be an uncommon understanding. It deviates from 19th and 20th century use where self-made was applied to wealthy people that started without any access to privilege - commonly immigrants and their direct descendants. This was during a time when historical class divisions were still in play. There was real distance between the upper classes and everyone else.

NicoJuicy 3y ago
My interpretation includes going abroad and becoming rich there without knowing anyone ( even while that makes it easier). Consider it a ladder with 5 steps representing dirt poor to super rich and you can at most go up or down 2 steps in 1 generation. If you grew up poor, chances to get rich and stay there is almost non existent. It's not related to hierarchy like in the middle ages, although I'm presenting it like that. It's about multiple factors at once. The hierarchy of the middle ages may be gone, but personal interpretations of life are still influenced by how you grew up. That still matters a lot.