Money is basically stored power, things gets done when you have enough money.
Knowledge is a method to extract power. Know enough things and you can make anyone to do whatever you want them to do. Be it through charisma or blackmail.
Lovers/Paramores are a projection of power, especially when presented as in huge numbers. My wife "wont mind" me screwing around pretty girls if i am say.. head of a nation, or a conglomerate. You don't get multiple flings at the same time through charms, you get it by being powerful.
Powerful men arent always the richest, nor are they some savants. one example i like to quote are powerful men like Stalin and Julius Caeser or old. Putin or today if i may.. You dont need to own lots of money when you control EVERYONE'S money. You dont need to be a genius when you have a host of experts to research for you. You dont need lovers when you can snap your fingers and have people throw themselves at you... if you so wish..
Power is is the quintessential essence of desire.. everything comes easy with power.