Born Rich is a 2002 HBO documentary about the kids of the “insanely rich”. Filmed by one of the
great-grandsons of the founder of Johnson & Johnson, Jamie Johnson. Both a filmmaker, and an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, Johnson is able to gain special access to the offspring of the rich American elite.
Born Rich features interviews with a number of rich kids including Ivanka Trump (daughter of real estate tycoon Donald Trump), Josiah Hornblower (of the Vanderbilt/Whitney family), Georgina Bloomberg (daughter of New York mayor and media mogul Michael Bloomberg), and Luke Weil (heir to the Autotote [since renamed Scientific Games] gaming empire). These are only a few of the people who are interviewed in this documentary.
Not everybody was flattered by their own interviews, such as Luke Weil (who definitely voices some interesting and offensive thoughts), 
who claimed he was tricked into appearing in the documentary and filed a lawsuit in 2002 to prevent Born Rich from seeking distribution. Too bad that Luke Weil had already signed three separate releases for Johnson. A New York state Supreme Court justice ultimately ruled in favor of the documentary filmmaker Johnson.
Money is the taboo topic of the rich elite, but discussing everything from trust funds and prenuptials to personal life philosophies and career choices, the interviewed open up with Johnson. And Born Rich presents us with the candid thoughts of the children of the very wealthy, and how they view their life, surroundings and the rest of the population.
Filmmaker Jamie Johnson’s latest project was the documentary The One Percent.
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Jamie Johnson interview with HBO
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excerpt from Born Rich
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