The huge difference between very rich people who earned their millions on their own, and those who inherited a financial fortune, existed not only in former times, it exists even now. According to statistics, about 52% of the super-rich people in every country in the world received wealth as an inheritance, while the other 48% earned it on their own.

Wealthy people from the Selfmade category (the man who created himself) have savings of 58% more than those who received impressive amounts of inheritance. Forbes experts believe that about 70% of American billionaires themselves have achieved a high level of prosperity . An example of this is the richest people in the world: Bill Gates, Amancio Ortega and Carlos Slim. These businessmen themselves paved the way to success.

The above-mentioned billionaires are considered to be much more affluent than the richest woman of the planet Liliane Bettencourt, who inherited the L'Oréal brand and her capitals from her father. Maybe it is because the heirs relax, they are overcome by laziness - you do not have to earn a living anymore. That is why the capital of the heirs are very often not multiplied.

The compiler of the world's billionaires card Raul Amoros believes that most of the rich were born in wealthy families and continued the traditions of the fathers. The expert on inequality, Thomas Piketty, agrees with him. In his book "Capital in the twenty-first century," he, in addition to the issue of inheritance, addresses the problem of property inequality. T. Piketty is sure that at present the level of inequality in the US is much higher than in any country in the world. He believes that the gap between the working American and the US oligarch is the most significant in modern times.