That sounds fine by me. Hiring people is work. Managing people is work. It's a fine thing to do if they pay me and I need the money, but I certainly wouldn't seek that out if I didn't have to. I don't suspect many others would either.

"Standard experiences any plebian can buy with money" includes things like westward solo circumnavigation which is a more elite group than humans who have walked on the moon. And you don't really even need that much money to do it. More money wouldn't really make you any more likely to succeed. So not everything comes down to money, you can do some incredible things without much.