Entrepreneurs Come from the Middle Class

December 14, 2012 Comments Off on Entrepreneurs Come from the Middle Class

Only THREE PERCENT of the very rich are entrepreneurs.  According to both Marketwatch and economist Edward Wolff, over 90 percent of the assets owned by millionaires are held in a combination of low-risk investments (bonds and cash), personal business accounts, the stock market, and real estate. Only 3.6 percent of taxpayers in the top .1% were classified as entrepreneurs based on 2004 tax returns. A 2009 Kauffman Foundation study found that the great majority of entrepreneurs come from middle-class backgrounds, with less than 1 percent of all entrepreneurs coming from very rich or very poor backgrounds.

[Paul Buchheit, Common Dreams]

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