The only people I have heard that say this, travelling around the world, meeting multiple 9+ digit exit entrepreneurs and tons of 7+, are the ones that started

The only people I have heard that say this, travelling around the world, meeting multiple 9+ digit exit entrepreneurs and tons of 7+, are the ones that started in SV. I tend to think based on what I read that there are a lot more large exits inside SV than outside. But, there seem to be a lot more early deaths and me-too companies there as well. Are you optimising for the wrong solution (insane exits)? [edit: early deaths = companies, not people]