Absolutely that’s true.
During this pandemic, the share values of all the high tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Apple, Tesla, etc., have soared as we have become more and more dependent on technology, and for good reason and therefore their founders have increased their wealth.
The great sadness is that, here in Scotland, we don’t seem to have any entrepreneurs like Bezos, Musk and the like.
The nearest we have are the Edinburgh investment houses such as Baillie Gifford which invested heavily in Silicon Valley, identifying many of the big successes at an early stage and promoting to savers investment trusts such as Scottish Mortgage which are showing phenomenal returns. Witness the multi millionaire, James Anderson, who stepped in to assist Scottish football.
What I am saying is that your figures are indicative of the success or lack of success of systems and countries where enterprise and wealth creation are actively encouraged.
We need much more here in the UK, and certainly in Scotland where we are far too dependent on public service occupations.