But Jobs had to be lucky enough for Apple to nearly go bankrupt so they would entertain having him return and turn them around. This cosmically lucky event is not very reproducible.
Even without Apple Jobs would have accomplished many things. That's just the kind of person he was. So, luck has nothing to do with this.
If Jobs and Woz had been born in Jackson, Mississippi, they would not have known much about phreaking, attended Home Brew Computer club meetings, or known HP employees with disposable income to spend on the Apple I.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Second-Coming-Steve-Jobs/dp/076790...
Yes, he would have been a successful person regardless. Indeed, he was a successful person already. But he was very lucky to be allowed back at Apple.