[ds_]

Not sure why you're being downvoted, because you're absolutely right.

[adastra22]

The current top-10 billionaires on Forbes' list all got rich by creating value, though some like Larry Ellison certainly did both.

[McDyver]

I don't agree. They didn't get rich by creating value. They might have created value, but they got rich by keeping that value to themselves.

I would also argue that they don't create the value themselves, but their workers do. Just like that joke: a worker is admiring the boss's Ferrari, and the boss tells him "if you continue working hard, next year I'll have 2"

[slifin]

Remember Forbes list is a marketing device

Do not treat it like the real list of world's richest people

[notachatbot123]

I also create value but am not as rich. Maybe they extracted value from society by unethical means to acquire that much of it?

[tomhow]

This is a breach of the guidelines (“please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community”), but it is also inaccurate. Most regular participants on HN are employees, not wannabe billionaires.