There are basically three ways to become uber-wealthy:
1. Your family is rich.
2. You get lucky.
3. You take big risks and work really hard.
For a lot of people it tends to be some combination of numbers 2 and 3.
The majority of the uber-wealthy class in this country who didn’t get their money handed down to them created it by starting a business (or becoming an equity owner in a business). And starting a business i...