...and which privileges you were born with.

Also, more people become millionaires and billionaires via investing and entrepreneurship than salaries, that's true. But most people have a *much* higher likelihood of becoming low-level rich (HHI of $300,000+) via salaries.

It's MUCH more likely you'll make serious money becoming a surgeon, lawyer, engineer, etc. and marrying a fellow white collar worker than by starting a company, especially if you're a woman who needs funding to get your company off the ground (as an example, 42% of all US businesses are owned by women, but only 2% of funding goes to female entrepreneurs).