It should be noted that the people comparing Ms. Holmes to Buffett, Gates, etc are journalists. This article refers to Inc. and Glamour and a local NBC affiliat

It should be noted that the people comparing Ms. Holmes to Buffett, Gates, etc are journalists. This article refers to Inc. and Glamour and a local NBC affiliate (and the New York Times, albeit in a personal profile, not a news article). These are not "hard-hitting" articles, but puff pieces that were most likely paid for. Further, to the extent that such journalists have a bit of autonomy, they aren't very smart. They don't know any other billionaires, so these are the only comparisons possible. "Hard work" can apply to virtually anybody -- although spending your day in conference rooms and private jets and being driven around town certainly isn't the hardest of hard work, no matter how many hours you do it. It's kind of ironic that a journalist can't recognize the rhetoric and myth-building of other journalists is almost entirely just b.s.