Minecraft Creator notch went the same way, as did Dilbert author…

I’m convinced there’s a cabal of billionaires that either get dirt on people on the rise and corrupt/blackmail them, or eliminate people who are not corruptable before they get too rich/powerful. It doesn’t take much to kill someone, and neuvo riche probably aren’t prepared for the precautions they’d actually need to take.

That and money corrupts (or so we’re told, seems like it’d make as much sense that people who hoard money corrupt)