You say that like it's a good thing :)

But sure, Americans are very work-driven, and some small percentage will float to the top.

But are they better at life generally? They have higher divorce rates than Europe,a higher suicide rate than (western) Europe, take fewer holidays, are less travelled, care less about the environment, and so on.

Sure, I get that business and entrepreneurship are focused around the accumulation of money, but I would suggest that is only half the equation. What really matters is how you _spend_ your money (and time), not how much of it you accumulate.

Put another way - do you think, speaking generally of course, covering the population as a whole, America is _happier_ for being so focused on money?