I don't see any comments completely placing the credit for Gates' success in his family's wealth. Many are just saying it played a factor (as Gates himself rea

I don't see any comments completely placing the credit for Gates' success in his family's wealth. Many are just saying it played a factor (as Gates himself readily acknowledges). More importantly, his origins aren't a particularly useful example for a person who doesn't already have similar-enough privileges to what Gates had. If you are already in a place that Gates was when he started MS (financially secure, young, well-connected), then he is a fantastic of example of someone who seized the opportunities life presented him to great effect.