text: do good looking people end up being richer? i was at an airport last week and noticed that people there were better looking than people that i normally saw on the streets of my neighbourhood. you need money to travel. i dont live in a rich neighbourhood. in fact, i live in the poor side of town. being at the airport prompted me to think, do better looking people end up making more money? on a purely statistical basis, yes. counterexamples such as bill gates are nonsense. of course you can find single cases in contrast with every statistics, but you should look at the average trends emerging from big numbers, not single cases. the reason for this correlation is evolutionary: good looking people have - on average - more choices for mating. on big numbers this means an advantage for better mates in all respects, including wealth. on the opposite, wealthy people can choose easily good looking mates. good looking wealthy people will breed children who (again, on average) will inherit both money and good looking aspect, so the whole process is self-sustaining.