American History 1988

Debt, economic decline, immigration; hippies, anti-government, freedom.

At the end of the 1980s, a wave of change encompassed a country boy from the Rust Belt.

As the gate for upward mobility was on the verge of closing, he struggled to move forward.

College, Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship; HP, Apple, Microsoft.

To become part of the 1%, or even 0.1%, he sacrificed a lot, but also gained a lot.