You don't need to be a founder to make a lot of money

committing a fraud is a new famous way, just choose the field where jail time is worth the wealth you get after that, basically find loopholes.

There is a big difference between rich and wealthy. You can climb all the corporate ladder in the world. But the freedom enjoyed by a business owner can never be attained by a ceo or md.
These kind of stories are being planned because every smart person has realised the futility of working for the biscuits they throw. Thet now want this startup culture to fail.