> it isn't obvious how Bill Gates fits into the picture (other than as an outlier).
Gates came from a wealthy family, which put him in a much better position to do high-risk, high-reward things (e.g. he could drop out of Harvard to work on his business, knowing that if the company failed his family could afford to send him through again).
Gates came from a wealthy family, which put him in a much better position to do high-risk, high-reward things (e.g. he could drop out of Harvard to work on his business, knowing that if the company failed his family could afford to send him through again).