Robertson is the son of a prominent and wealthy Virginia politician. IIRC, he went to Yale. Hardly a start from nothing.
Robertson has employed dubious business practices for decades in the building of his financial empire, and in the 700 Club, for anyone with eyes to see, has long exhibited a strong tendency towards megalomania.
Any thinking conservative should be emabarrassed to have Robertson's name associated with conservatism.
Pat Robertson is the son of Senator Robertson, former Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. A man who succeeded in having his reservist son mobilized for the Korean War made "regimental liquor officer" instead of being sent to Chosun Resevoir.