Whether someone like Musk is worth 500B or 3T on paper makes little difference when it comes to power, don't you think?
If that was the goal, surely one would need to run for president.
I don't think the brains of billionaires work so differently from us all. Who doesn't want his name in history for their achievements?
I know that I wouldn't want a dystopian future, and I think it is the same for most billionaires. I find arguments that they are all evil rather unconvincing.