There are a significant amount of people who go into the financial sector, make a decent amount of seed money, pair up with some other highly motivated people who also are passionate about a thing, and then start up a business.

Sure. That’s how you get a thousand different conferences talking about how to Level Up Your Crypto.

It can be an excellent networking opportunity.

Between people obsessed with getting a monetary high score.

Also, consider how many of these “networks” of oligarchs always end up having a Jack Abramoff or Matt Gaetz or Jeffrey Epstein in attendance.