He didn't make anything. His wealth, and Apple's wealth, would not have happened without the labor of all those people who actually made the products. Scenario

He didn't make anything. His wealth, and Apple's wealth, would not have happened without the labor of all those people who actually made the products. Scenario A: "I want to make iPhones. All you people at Apple, and all you people at FoxConn, get to work." Result: iPhones and wealth. Scenario B: "I want to make iPhones. I wish I had some laborers." Result: Nothing. Scenario C: "We workers want to make something. Mr Jobs, we hire you as our manager. Get to work, and sell these things." Result: maybe iPhones, maybe what we have today, maybe something else. Ideas and management are great and necessary, but not sufficient and not exclusive.