&gt; Calling a CFO at a Fortune 500 company &#x27;working class&#x27; because they work for someone else is going to raise eyebrows.<p>Most C-levels at Fortune 500 companies have substantial capital stores which are an important part of their overall support (even if they are not being drawn down regularly, but instead being grown for retirement or planned future use, or as inheritance) and are, in terms of the traditional capitalist class structure, either on the upper end of the middle class or outright capitalists.<p>There might be some living paycheck-to-paycheck without substantial personal capital reserves, but they would be exceptional.