No its just the reality in a capitalist economy. Human beings are normally distributed, by definition there are people on the far right tail of ability. Its a numbers game.
They're also heavily dependent on collaboration with others, availability of data, the existence of the right tools, and so on. Unlike in comic books, raw intelligence alone doesn't get you very far. But put a bunch of very smart people together for a decade+ with a lot of money on their hands and you can definitely make magic happen.
what about solo tech start-ups?