In a healthy capitalist system with strong rule of law and a light regulatory burden, success means producing something people value more than its price and are therefore happy to buy.
Thank you, Bill Gates, Michael Dell and Steve Jobs, for putting computers, smartphones and user-friendly apps into the hands of billions of people. Thank you, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, for bringing human knowledge to our fingertips, for “free.” (Yes, I know—when I google something, I am the product.) Thank you, Mark Zuckerberg, for enabling effortless social interaction worldwide. Thank you, Ken Griffin, for creating an efficient market in which large trades are shockingly inexpensive. Thank you, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, for launching the artificial-intelligence revolution, which will change our world beyond recognition—almost certainly for the better.