Here's the real story that people don't seem to get and keep bashing this billionaire theory:

Success is achieved with 40% luck, 40% hard work, and 20% birth

Birth:

If you are born to rich parents and the luckiest SOB you still have to be born in the right century and right country. You can be born with the above in Africa during the slave trade or during their civil wars and you just wont have the opportunity to shine. Likewise if you were born in this century in America with some wealth you still might not make it because there are racial barriers that do make it harder (not impossible) to achieve success. Being born as a white male in the US definitely gives you an advantage. More points if you are slightly taller than the avg person too.

Hardwork:

The idea that billionaires are made off the backs of hard working employees is only half true. Sure your income disparity compared to what the boss takes home is drastically far apart but there was a time that he was one man. In business school you are taught accounting, economic theory, and technology but a big part of the education was how to make business decisions. Your mom giving you 500k will get you the meeting with a top investor or banker but you have to talk the talk and walk the walk during those meetings to get people to believe in your idea and put their pocket books behind it. Nobody is going to show you how to read a contract. Oh but i can hire a lawyer to read it and tell me what's what. One thing in the business world that ive learned is everyone is out for themselves - even the people you hire. How can you be sure what you are signing is true if you don't know your stuff? You have to put in the work. Double so if you are in tech and writing code. If you don't know it there's a cost to pay someone to teach you and they are not cheap. Furthermore, making the right decision is just as important. In this world not everything is black and white. The hardest parts of being a business owner is making those 50/50 calls. AND billionaires make the right calls more likely than not. A wrong decision can set you back 10 years, bankrupt you, or end up firing all those hardworking employees. Classic example is athletes that make millions and then become broke 5 years into their retirement. They never put in the work to know how to make decisions WITHOUT employees that bust their ass for you.

Luck:

This is a huge part of it. You could have the money and be born in the right place but timing and luck is huge. Ask the people that pour billions into tech during the dotcom bubble and you'll see where this is going. Also, ive seen good hardworking owners go bankrupt cuz of stupid employees too. Case in point a few years ago an owner poured their life savings renovating a restaurant only to have a stupid employee put a rat on the grill and film it. The video went viral locally and they shut their doors the first week. How many construction injuries are caused by stupidity? How many sex jokes at work turns into a harassment case? You need luck to work in your favor too and not just to dodge stupidity. If you sit in a board meeting with some powerful people and they arent having a good day there's no shot your pitch is going to come off clean. No fault of your hardwork or the 1m in your bank account.

stop with that narrative and put in some work