Shouldn't Anyone Who Has a Career in Finance Have a Net Worth of at Least $10M

Given you save most or at least half of your bonus checks each year (around 100k a year into your investments) (since your base is enough to cover your actual living costs). And You invest those bonus checks each year into the markets and make ~8% a year, you would be hitting at least $10M after working for 30 years. Shouldn't every person who has worked in IB or PE for 30 years have at least $20M - $30M liquid of net worth? Especially given how bonuses scale with your career? Unless they all do??

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