It's a big number, but it's spread across a lot of different investments.

Some of those big-name VC funds wouldn't even return your call if you wanted to invest several million dollars. Founders Fund brings in multiple billions of dollars when they raise a new fund.

His fame and status unlocked his access.

> Also I doubt that ex: Thrive LPs would care about this kind of thing.

Thrive has raised over ten billion dollars. If a normal moderately wealthy person showed up with a couple million dollars to invest they would not be invited to be an LP.