We often read interviews of high achievers talk about how they balance their family-life/kids/work and yet still accomplish so much in their professional life.

We often read interviews of high achievers talk about how they balance their family-life/kids/work and yet still accomplish so much in their professional life. It's tough but they can manage, and we assume, of course, they are intelligent/hard workers. Well, I know a guy who had quite close contacts with high-wealth/high-achieving individuals due to his work in startups. He himself came from a upper middle class with a degree from an Ivy League. What he commented about how high wealth individuals balance family life and still kick ass in their professional life was quite amusing. He basically said, it's the nannies. From the time the kids are born till they go to junior or high school, a parent basically has to deal with dropoff/pickup for daycare/school/activities. And it's non stop when school's in session. If a parent happens to be a homemaker, great. But these days high achievers rarely seem to marry a homemaker as their friends/contacts are from college/grad-school/work who also have capacity/desire for achieving something in professional life. And of course if you are in a high income bracket, you also tend to have more activities (private lessons for this and that) for kids. And this means more rides to give. If you have nannies that can handle feeding/rides/laundry(omg, the laundry)/etc, then the parent(s) can put in long hours in office without interruption, fly to other cities/nations for meetings with little hassle, etc, all of which is required to kick ass and takes names in one's professional life. The question is, can you build your income level high enough, and fast enough, so that you can afford nannies when you have kids?