[dagw]

I keep trying to develop the habit of having wealthy parents

If you really cannot manage that, then your second best option is to have a wealthy spouse. It's not ideal, but it's better than nothing.

[jnwatson]

Reminds me of The Onion: "McCain pointed to his personal success in marrying a wealthy beer heiress to prove how the plan could benefit every American."

[adventured]

The same plan John Kerry went for. It's a tremendous strategy. If you can't earn it, marry it.

[raducu]

Or at least be born at the exact right time in the right country when a new market emerges.

Bonus bragging points if you're born with a certain ethnicity that has no options but to enter in that niech market because the mainstream ones have high moats around them.