There's a difference between wealthy and rich.
If someone else signs your paycheck, you're not wealthy. You might be rich, but not wealthy.
Wealth is something you can't lose. Rich, on the other hand, can be lost through any number of bad decisions.
Anyone or any corporation can lose it's wealth, Mr. Clean.
Having said that, about wealthy.....who takes the risk with the investment of their money? Certainly not the working class that works for the wealthy. It's the wealthy that take the risk, and in doing so they do hire people, which is a risk, also. With their success comes hiring of more people. In the end, it's a win-win if it's done right.
Don't be a hater of the wealthy.
Corporations can't lose their wealth, they just go to the government and get bailed out.
And you don't think working people don't take risks? What about mortgages, supporting and feeding a family, saving for their kids educations, saving for their retirements, all of which can be very easily wiped out because their employer wished downsize or eliminate their jobs. In the best of times the financial security of most working people hangs by a slim thread.
You do realize that right now all across the world there are top level business meetings in progress whose sole purpose is to cut labor costs.
Don't hate the working class, they're the backbone of this country.