I think some of the fan phenomenon is just how much money he has, although of course that's not the only thing. Like if he plans to spend all his money over the next decade (probably he doesn't) and he doesn't make any more money or interest, then if you can get one single second of his financial attention, then that is worth like a thousand dollars, so of course anyone like that will be swarmed by so many people.
It's not obvious that this must happen actually.
Bernard Arnault is as rich and sometimes richer than Elon Musk.
But there is no big Bernard Arnault cult in France.
He is recognized as a very efficient business shark but not worshipped.
It's all about cultural relationship to money, and France and the US have a quite different relationship to money, although they have in common that it's a werid relationship to money.
