You're arguing that the highest paid people in the world operate at the bottom of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Was Steve Jobs a $1/year CEO? How about Sergey

You're arguing that the highest paid people in the world operate at the bottom of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Was Steve Jobs a $1/year CEO? How about Sergey Brin? Good leaders typically have different motivations than "I could afford to upgrade my yacht from 10 million to 25 million". I understand that that complicates your economic model, but guess what, it's people we're talking about here.