I'm from a middle class family, but my father squandered all the money, so I didn't really run around with rich people.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't come from a wealthy family. My dad told us if we wanted spending money, we had to earn it. So I developed an early work ethic.
I grew up middle class. My father was a public functionary who didn't leave an inheritance, just debts.
I led a comfortable life, went to good schools and was privileged in many ways, but my father worked hard. We never considered ourselves rich.
I'm not ridiculously wealthy, but I don't squander money either.
The middle class creates us rich people, not the other way around.
I'm just a regular upper-middle-class guy who happens to be a billionaire.
My parents were determined to move into the middle class.
When I look back I can't believe how my parents managed, but the cliche is true. We didn't have money, but we were rich in so many other ways.
I was not from a middle-class family at all. I did not have middle-class possessions and what have you. But I had middle-class parents who gave me what was needed to survive in society.
I was a lower middle-class kid. My family had no money. There was no room in our small house where there were already four kids, including myself, living.