I predicted years ago that Ariane 6 would be obsolete before it flew. I suspect that its executives are starting to figure that out now, and are going to have to stop denigrating, and instead start imitating, SpaceX.
As Glenn notes, unlike the Carnegies, Rockefellers and J. P. Morgans, these robber barons haven’t given us much except toxic social media. The exception being, of course, Elon Musk.