[aerosmile]

Nobody would dispute the element of luck in each rich person's journey. Or that the first million is the hardest one. And yet, it does seem that the particularly ambitious, smart and hard working ones tend to get more lucky.

Also, note this quote from Paul Graham [1]:

> Within about three minutes of meeting him, I remember thinking "Ah, so this is what Bill Gates must have been like when he was 19."

Not to mention that PG still declined him, and Sam refused to leave. Sounds to me like a bit more than just your average lucky kid.

[1] http://www.paulgraham.com/mit.html