I've noticed most of my friends that would be deemed "successful" by most of society only have 1 thing in common...parents with exceptionally large bank accounts.

I can only point to a couple people that came from middle class and lower families that are now successful (though I'm not terribly old yet), with them they had above average intelligence and above average charisma.

However, being exceptional seems to be a minority factor in being successful when compared to being born with more resources at your disposal.

I mean, you can't really be a billionaire in today's world if your parents weren't millionaires. And it's like this all the way down.