But then you jump up another level, where someone is making a hundred thousand or a million times what the burger flipper makes. Are they generating enough value to warrant that? Elon Musk's current net worth is roughly what 100,000 burger flippers will make in their whole lives. Is it plausible that he generates some multiple of that value, or is he just much better at capturing value than the burger flipper?
Given the things he has managed to bring to market, and the impact he is having on the world - I would say yes.
People can get really lucky once, but Musk has an overall track record that can't be attributed to just getting lucky or being in the right place at the right time;
I can't think of anyone else - except perhaps Steve Jobs, who managed to go from one huge idea to another and execute well more often than not, at several companies and industries.
