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Is has a lot to do with the values instilled in you, or drilled into you, by your parents or whatever authority had the most effect on you during your formative years, in my opinion. I also think that those who are the most driven to acquire money and power are usually the most insecure and paranoid as well. Some people are driven to advance up the ladder just because it's there.
Unfortunately, they generally do not make good leaders--they tend to crack the whip and make everyone work harder until a problem is solved, through sheer force. They are hated because they will use your energy to propel themselves higher by taking the credit for project after brutal project.
You'd think this type of person would just burn out by the age of thirty, but it's the thrill of the chase that gives them go power on a daily basis. They are true predators, and acquisition junkies. They have an almost elemental disdain for individuals even subtly below them in status, and a soul-battering fear of those who are, or even might be, above them.
Externally, they exude confidence and sociability, but inside that head, the clockwork is always, always moving.
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