I don't think I buy that argument at all. There are a lot of hyper-driven people stuck in poverty or drudgery because the dice rolled poorly in the past (or at birth), and there are a lot of not-driven people who just kind of aimlessly slipped into their wealth. Daddy paid for Stanford and then they just kind of rode the pre-laid train tracks to their executive position at a tech company. The more I live, the more I no longer buy the whole "be driven and work hard leads to wealth" fantasy.

Yes, when you get up to the level of Bezos, Musk, Gates, and so on, they're both very lucky and very hyper-driven. But when you're talking about the "mere" 10-30 millionaires, I'm not convinced it's much more than good luck and connections. When I think back to the few VPs and SVPs and whatnot I've encountered in my own work life, I don't recall many that seemed to have that driven "Bezos/Musk" personality. They were bored in meetings, golfing, and occasionally sending E-mail announcement to the division. They were not writing code until 10PM and waking up at 5AM to do a code review with the offshore developer team, all while watching their checking account and wondering whether the whole division would be laid off next month.