Well, according to the other NYT article on the front page the annual household income required to be in the top 1% is $383,000. Many people in the top 1% probably don't consider themselves to be all that wealthy...
I thought this as well, but you may be comparing against a Forbes richest people list. The majority of the people I talk to (even devs) think $100,000 is a very large sum of money. Also, just by having a decent salary in the US/Canada, income-wise you're easily the top 1% of the world: http://www.globalrichlist.com/
Many people in the top .1% probably don't consider themselves to be all that wealthy either. We tend to compare ourselves to those that surround us, not the majority of the population. Afterall, living in manhattan and vacation homes are expensive.
I was thinking more the guy I met at first Tuesday a few years ago I thought he looks familiar. He was sporting the red VC badge I looked down one word "Rosthchild".
And it was a Napoleonic era portrait of Nathan Rothschild who helped finance the UK Finance the Napoleonic wars that I was recalling
We are talking about one out of every 100 people. Most of them have regular, relatable jobs. The $2m bonus territory is probably the top 0.1% or 0.05%.
