As a very very general and rough rule the fact is someone like Soros or for that matter someone who is just famous or even niche famous will hang around with a

As a very very general and rough rule the fact is someone like Soros or for that matter someone who is just famous or even niche famous will hang around with a different group of people and be exposed to things that normal people are not and do not have access to. Of course there are a ton of exceptions but the fact is if you are Soros (or Jobs or Bezos or Jack Welch (GE)) you simply have access to a group of people that aren't available to an ordinary person. Even take, say, Paul Graham or Sam Altman. They can reach out to anyone in the YC family and I would imagine get a very fast and motivated response and extra effort. Or for that matter anyone in the startup world who is familiar with who they are or what they do. There is no way anyone will convince me that isn't a very large advantage in either gaining information or access. And that information and access does mean something they are (in theory) better informed. Of course Soros is on CNN because he is rich and known. But the truth is what he says people will take seriously more so than if CNN interviewed the local head of a 100 or 200 person manufacturing company.