Regarding the point about his good fortune of being born in 1835, I wonder what the date is for new tech billionaire CEOs. The article made me wonder if we are in our own little gilded age now.
Mark Zuckerberg: 1984
Larry Page: 1973
Sergey Brin: 1973
Elon Musk: 1971
Michael Dell: 1965
Jeff Bezos: 1964
Jack Ma: 1964
Masayoshi Son: 1957
Steven Ballmer: 1956
Bill Gates: 1955
Steve Jobs: 1955
Paul Allen: 1953
Larry Ellison: 1944
The median of this list (which I compiled with no particular methodology or criteria) is 1964. The mean is 1962.