PROVIDED BY CNNNEXT.COM
Published on May 9, 2015
"Billionaire David Tepper once called himself a "middle-class dad trapped in a rich man's body." Most millionaires, it turns out, have similar feelings of wealth denial.
A majority of millionaires polled describe themselves as middle class or upper middle class despite being among the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans, according to the results of the third CNBC Millionaire Survey.
Fully 44 percent described themselves as middle class, and 40 percent said they were upper middle class.
Only 4 percent described themselves as wealthy or rich, and 5 percent described themselves as upper class."