Yep- one interesting tidbit in the article is that, of the 3800 folks who hit the list since '92, only 27% showed up more than once. This seems to indicate than many of them won on one big bet... Quite possible not a capital bet either.
If you sell (all or some of) a company you started, that income is technically counted as capital gains as far as the IRS is concerned.
If you sell (all or some of) a company you started, that income is technically counted as capital gains as far as the IRS is concerned.