It wasn't the point of the article, but they surely made a point of mentioning it. As well as the other articles that have come out and called her that.
Like this one: https://www.google.com/amp/us.blastingnews.com/sports/2016/07/rags-to-riches-kim-pegula-s-journey-from-orphan-to-nfl-owner-001011717.amp.html
It's a false narrative and I don't understand the motive to pretend that she pulled herself up by her bootstraps.
They were founded in 83 and Terry had employees in Alaska, so I bet they were doing alright. A young waitress with very little going on caught his divorced eye, and he married her. Whether his net worth was $1M or $1B, it certainly eclipsed hers.
What an embarrassing comment.