I would say we have far more accessible, immediately relevant  examples, people like Oskar Schindler.Money may turn many men into monsters but it also gives decent people power to do decent things in the world.like the Billionaires club that are giving away 90% of their monies to charities around the world.. 

Elon Musk, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and too many more to list are all Billionaires yet they still go to work doing something they love, They're not putting in 8-10 hour days 5 days a week but these are people that are "financially free".I'm always curious as to what people plan on doing once they are "financially free", most will say travel the world, but it you retire at 35, you'll run out of travel destinations over the next 60 years traveling several times a month before you hit that 95th birthday if that's the only thing on the agenda.

Shouldn't he be hanging out in the Hamptons with his billionaire buds on Independence Day?

My mentor is now 91, has a huge portfolio (multi-billionaire), and we just closed on his latest commercial property a few days ago.  

Tech has definitely created a bunch of billionaires .

Look at a list of billionaires and you will likely see a lot of names that you do not knowI still believe it is the entire package that dictates the level of success. 

-JohnI would like to buy a FANG company and become a billionaire overnight. 

There are many ways to invest,  Even invest partial portfolio in gold, bitcoin, stocks makes sense. 

No more office job).Don't need to be a billionaire, just enough money to enjoy some of the little things in life without working until I die.Matt

I'd consult a list of the richest people like The Bloomberg Billionaire's Index.