He earned some wealth, but nobody earns billions.  To get to that level of wealth one must leverage things far beyond the control of one person.  For someone like Allen, that&#x27;s probably IP law and the opportunity of being in the right place at the right time to dominate a specific market.  It isn&#x27;t like, had Allen not been around, that we wouldn’t have computers or that the market wouldn&#x27;t be dominated by a particular OS.  Those same billions would have gone to someone else.  His niche would have been filled by any number of other people.<p>Other people, equally talented and equally hard working, are paid far far less.  To say that Allen &quot;earned&quot; every dollar is to suggest that they have not, that luck is not a factor.