“The Forbes 30 Under 30 have collectively raised $5.3B in funding,” the tech entrepreneur Chris Bakke tweeted on Tuesday. “The Forbes 30 Under 30 have also been arrested for frauds and scams worth over $18.5B. Incredible track record.” ... the line between innovator and fraudster seems to have become alarmingly thin.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/apr/06/forbes-30-under-30-tech-finance-prison

30 under 30-year sentences: why so many of Forbes’ young heroes face jail

Ex-CEO Charlie Javice, 31, is just the latest from the magazine’s list to see criminal charges

The Guardian

@koen_hufkens

Perhaps it's very simple and our capitalist, consumerist, competition-celebrating society makes "heroes" out of the wrong people.