That's not the right argument to make in favour of him becoming rich - unless you think all chefs deserve a $20m payout? The argument is that he took a risk (p

That's not the right argument to make in favour of him becoming rich - unless you think all chefs deserve a $20m payout? The argument is that he took a risk (presumably accepting a below market rate salary) and worked hard in the hope it would pay off, which it did. Sure, the fact that his job isn't piss easy to do, and is useful to the company, is what makes this argument work, but it isn't the argument in itself.