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by IAmGarrett 3552 days ago
What's your definition of self-made? I like "Someone with significant wealth who didn't receive inheritance or trust fund money."
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Someone with significant wealth who reached 18 without any cash/value other than what he earned himself. Meaning self-funded university studies, pretty hard in US from what I heard. Would earn great respect not only from me.

In more lenient fashion, somebody on top of this who finished university without debt, and no money apart from self-earned.