Two of my close friends who I've known for years are multi-millionaires. One of them is very conservative in his political orientation, and the other is quite liberal. One of my friends made the majority of his money by receiving stock options from a silicon valley company that he went to work for (as an engineer) in the seventies. My other friend inherited the vast majority of his wealth from his deceased parents who in turn inherited the majority of their wealth from their parents (who owned chemical companies). I've learned that very often wealth results solely from which womb you happen to emerge from.