> Yes it did.

I don't recall any. I remember when people were all agog when Gates became one.

> successful businesses were led by young people across the entirety of human history.

Sure. But billionaires?

> And you should not praise someone for simply being a billionaire.

If they're self-made, they earned the praise.

> That's a bad thing to be.

Creating value is not a bad thing. Being a self-made billionaire means they created a billion dollars of value. They didn't take it from you or anyone else. Creating SpaceX, Starlink, etc., are good things.