Sam Parr argues that billionaire status doesn't measure greatness. What matters is mastery in your field, whatever it is. He points to John Coogan, who built Soylent then moved to YouTube, and Rob Dyrdek and Laird Hamilton as examples of excellence outside the typical tech narrative.
I don't necessarily think just because you are a billionaire, you are particularly better than anyone else. What I care about is someone who says, I'm going to be great at this weird type of art. John Coogan started Soylent, which scaled to be a fairly large business, and now he's like a full-time content creator. He has a YouTube channel. He's doing it wonderfully. And then we've had Rob Dyrdek on. We've had Laird Hamilton on. Guys who aren't the Silicon Valley type of lifestyle, but they kill it in whatever they do. And I admire all of them equally.
