The problem is that success and money are not the same. There might be a parent that made a lot of money taking stupid risk. The education that the child gets f

The problem is that success and money are not the same. There might be a parent that made a lot of money taking stupid risk. The education that the child gets from the parent isn't worth anything and he will have to burn through a lot of money to unlearn the things his parent taught him. Therefore he could use the large inheritance. Even though people are rich doesn't mean they are smart. Survivorship bias