Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg had talent, but their extraordinary success depended on luck. Imagine Steve Jobs born in Cameroon in 1650: no iPhone, no billions. The higher someone's success, the more luck played a role.
Steve Jobs was born in the United States in the middle of the 20th century. Are we going to pretend that if Steve Jobs was born in Cameroon in 1650, he would have been as successful? Of course not. There are a lot of people in the world who are just as creative as Steve Jobs, just as driven as Bill Gates, just as motivated as Mark Zuckerberg. But if they don't meet some incredible stroke of luck in their life, they're going to have a middling level of success. The more success and the more money, the more that luck played a role. With no exceptions.
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