Love Boat Next Generation <| sep |> except for american , celebrities , fight <| sep |> Unless you have evidence that he was worth 1 billion in 1974 , that comment didn ' t engage anything I said . I got the timing wrong apparently he took over prior to getting the million dollar loan , so . Anyway , point being that one million dollars is one thing . One million dollars and access to the connections and influence that come with running a potentially $ 200 million dollar company are worlds apart . Even without a million dollars one could leverage those kinds of connections and make a lot of money . So while it ' s impressive that he managed to do as well as he did , suggesting it was nothing more than a million dollar loan oversimplifies the reality that he had a major leg up .