This study found no correlation between environment and earnings when genes were accounted for. So you have a gene part and a random part, but parenting and suc

This study found no correlation between environment and earnings when genes were accounted for. So you have a gene part and a random part, but parenting and such doesn't matter. Of course it might not apply to a few special cases like if you inherited a billion dollars, but for 99% of us that is not the case.