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by feedforward 925 days ago
> Not one of them through inheritance

Gates grandfather was president of a bank. Gates left his prep school for Harvard with a million dollar trust fund. His mother was on a board with the chairman of IBM which helped launch Microsoft into the big time.

Buffett's father was a congressman. His grandparents owned a chain of grocery stores.

Zuckerberg's high school was Phillips Exeter Academy. Currently tuition is over $50,000 a year - for high school.