I once worked with someone who went from "not rich" to "rich", who also ending up in a senior position at Cisco where he had the authority to spend lots of mone

I once worked with someone who went from "not rich" to "rich", who also ending up in a senior position at Cisco where he had the authority to spend lots of money. His observation was that a "normal" person has to work hard to find ways to make money. A person with lots of money to spend has people queuing at their door, offering ways to make even more money. It becomes a case of picking the best opportunities from the menu.