Musk is neither a rocket scientist nor an automotive engineer. People he hired did the work. Bill Gates BOUGHT DOS and got a deal with IBM because he had a connection there. Bezos? Ha!
These are all average, at best, people who are respected (by some people, not me) because they are rich. The right way to earn respect is to behave repsectably.
Oh, by the way, no pharaoh ever built a pyramid either.