Some people seek wealth just to hoard it because they love having a huge number in their banks.
I think the majority just wants to escape the grind. And once you're out of the grind, the world is your oyster.
That’s true but I don’t think you really need $10B to escape the grind, that’s more of a “huge bank account number” kind of amount
He just happens to have arrived at $10B because some investments worked out. He could have been satisfied with 'only' $1B or $100M or $10M. It may be that it was simply an 'accident' that he overshot his escape-the-grind number.
And given the number of times he has started (successful) companies, it seems to indicate that he may be more in it for the challenge.
It’s probably more of a US problem when there are guaranteed solutions but you just can’t afford them.
What doors are you imagining wealth can close?
I think it’s more about the opportunity cost of prioritizing wealth