I don't think the resentment is for the good fortune, it's for the misattribution of the source of the fortune. It's a massive survivorship bias which happens e

I don't think the resentment is for the good fortune, it's for the misattribution of the source of the fortune. It's a massive survivorship bias which happens everywhere: for every instance of someone working hard, waiting for the oppurtunity, getting lucky and having great success, there are many instances of people working just as hard on just as reasonable bets, for just as long if not longer, and not getting lucky, and you don't hear their stories. And because luck is such a strong component, looking at what successful people have done is a very noisy signal for what leads to success, especially once you get to any specifics. That's where the resentment comes from, the assumption that because these execs were successful that this was due to great foresight alone, and very little due to luck.