And a rich kid from the Upper West Side.

Startups are much easier when your born wealthy and your parents have wealthy/connected friends.

I'd be a rockstar if I was blessed with such a path.

Not jaded this is just the reality for many successful startup founders.

He went to Harvard. He described his own high school efforts as "mediocre grades". Clearly smart and driven, but taking lessons from his experience is probably unwise. OT: at some point the Ivy's reputations have to get a little tarnished when it becomes obvious they admit mostly legacies and donors.

I wonder what portion of startups with significant early funding are founded by children and/or relations of already wealthy and successful people?