“It’s because he went to Berkeley.”
So did I, and while I detest the place to this day, the education I got helped me to be a 2%er. When I graduated in 1965 UCB was considered to be the second best Engineering school in the country ( behind MIT). #’s 3 and 4 were CalTech and Stanford. Back then California was a very different place.
And BTW, you’d probably crap your pants to be earning what he’s making.
I'm 47. I just crap my pants as policy.