Billionaires are not billionaires because they're smart.

https://lemmy.world/post/44006936

If it’s so easy why aren’t you a billionaire?

In reality running a company is a dog shit unrewarding chore. You need to build something really extraordinary to punch into mainstream and hope competition won’t catch up

Just because it also requires the connections, power, and wealth along with some rather humble basic competencies doesn’t mean that the reason they are able to out-compete and become billionaires among their peers isn’t this.