"Rich people don't get that way without providing something people want." Well, to be precise, some ancestor of the rich person at one time provided something

"Rich people don't get that way without providing something people want." Well, to be precise, some ancestor of the rich person at one time provided something (some) people wanted. Not all rich people are "self made", even if you accept that silly phrase at face value. For that matter, what about successful criminals? There have definitely been people who got rich through fraud, or extortion.