Well, I mean something is going on. I personally don't get recruited to be a CEO, do you? And I think the way you get on those lists is to know people, which is predicated on contact, which requires proximity. Neighborhoods, country clubs, elite universities, ski trips to the Swiss alps - this is where the winners hang out, and where they get to know each other, and keep each other winning.

EDIT: or maybe its TED Talks and Davos and South by Southwest and Burning Man. I'm not really sure.