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A lot of this depends on how one defines "intelligence." Ther eare people with very high g scores, which means that they are highly adept at manipulating concepts and reasoning abstractly, who are unable to function well because they can't deal with other people well. Are they really "intelligent?" Depends on what you mean by intelligent.
IQ scores measure g, which means people with high IQs are able to do well on the sorts of tasks that IQ tests measure. It's not a proxy for success in life, though it might be a proxy for getting good grades in school. Success in life depends far more on good judgment and interpersonal schools than on raw g, at least so far as I can tell. That said, the most successful people I have met have high g and good judgment and social skills. Oh, and some good luck, too.
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