Comment by ProllyInfamous

I've worked directly with several HNW individuals, and the biggest "snub" (real or not) I ever witnessed was a multi-millionaire who sabotaged a mentee's already-disastrous wedding... because he wasn't thanked in the wedding handout.

Dollars meant nothing to him, but control — and meant nothing to this Groom.

>If some of these mentors are retired

Retired people typically rock, so-long as they didn't spend their entire careers being bullies. For several years I lived in a retirement community (as "the help") and the endless dinners/conversations rarely "got old." I mostly enjoyed working with/for elderly retirees, except that most seem to have almost no concept of how much dollars have deflated since their pre-70s/80s/90s gold-backed hayday.

>[things you could do]

Help raise "the next generation" by living well and mentoring your own deserving minds — perhaps have an informal lunch with both your advisor and advisee?