There are 1,011 names on Forbes' Billionaires List. Of those, how many do you imagine were born poor? My bet is that this list represents a fairly large selection of billionaires who "came from nothing."
I believe the parent post was saying that, having one parent would more make you more likely to be poor. So when looking at the list of billionaires who are poor the majority would have one parent.
Much higher than you think. Take the list of billionaires and all of those who are not from the US or Europe and who do not have 'Sultan' in their title likely started with nothing.
