Most of the rich people out there is bitcoin holder, I know a famous entrepreneur that has many friends whose bitcoin holder too and influenced him to get into it and gets rich. For sure, in the next few years, it will add more a lot of people to get rich. Seeing the value of bitcoins has a huge impact on people. Investing in it can make you profit.
You are absolutely right. Initially educated people, who understood the real value of Bitcoin started to invest into it, and they became rich.