You seem to be conflating "necessary" vs. "sufficient". Elon's inherited wealth and excellent upbringing were necessary for his Tesla and SpaceX success, but f

You seem to be conflating "necessary" vs. "sufficient". Elon's inherited wealth and excellent upbringing were necessary for his Tesla and SpaceX success, but far from sufficient. If a good rich childhood was all that's necessary to commercialize electric cars, reusable rockets, and fast satellite internet, then we'd have a lot more of these kinds of amazing products as millions of people have good rich childhoods.