[ruko]

no, founding a company does not make a person more virtuous or deserving of orders of magnitude more money than people who don't. even if we lived in a fantasy world where everyone had equal opportunity to do this, those people would not actually have a greater claim to a higher standard of living

[WalterBright]

It's not about virtue. Founding a company is a very risky endeavor, and more risk means more (potential) reward.