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Re:Bull Market Hits a Milestone: 3,453 Days – Most Americans... by Someone1234 on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:43PM (#17820917)
> From what i gather, most millionaires (not super wealthy) had relatively common jobs or business and became wealthy through savings.

Source?

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Re:Bull Market Hits a Milestone: 3,453 Days – Most Americans... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:47PM (#17820940)
I happen to be reading "The Millionaire Next Door" [1], and this has some truth to it (statistical excerpts [2]). Most "working class" Millionaires own a small business and are very frugal, continuing to live below their means after obtaining their wealth. Frugality alone will not help you attain the quoted wealth level, but it is a component (along with a healthy income and/or equity/asset ownership).

With reference to "common jobs", that would be limited to high income professions, such as doctors and attorneys.

[1] https://smile.amazon.com/Millionaire-Next-Door-Surprising-Am...

[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/c...

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