Imho, though I agree completely with your story, I think it should be changed to past tense, Barry. "Became Rich" would probably be more appropriate now, given things are changing, big things, which will stop the run of the stupidest, if I am reading the writing on the wall correctly.

https://medium.com/@eric-bott/brilliant-story-enrique-thanks-for-posting-96e31b6a53af