Manx

The principle of that example holds regardless of whether you attribute Gates to be an outlier. If money directly correlated to intelligence, or if such a thing were even coming to pass, we would all have approximately the same wealth - the degree of seperation between intelligence does not come CLOSE to matching the degree of seperation between wealth.
So you're telling me that at most companies, the most intelligent person is at the top?

I have never witnessed such a thing, not once. On the contrary, I have seen bullshit artists excel. And then there is physical attractiveness and its ability to increase promotion.

And I have not seen any evidence you claim to have cited which demonstrates any of this to be false. You cited a study, a book, which I have not read, but your description of the study states that it demonstrates that an increase in intelligence frequently leads to an increase in wealth - which is not at all the same as demonstrating that high wealth is in anyway associated with high intelligence.