Do you know cases of Social or "Playboy" Nerds who are NOT intensive researchers and reach High TECH success?

...I can think of at least, a few...Benjamin Franklin...Thomas Jefferson...Nickoli Tessla...Thomas Edison...and a few more whom are entirely fictional...( Iron Man)...and a lot more, thanks to DC comics (copyright, TM, and all that)...I think the best thing You could 'Pan Out' in examining ALL of these individuals, was Their respective ability to make something that was, in fact, genuinely needed in one way or another, and that They needed a another individual, or perhaps a team... to make the thing work...and succeed...other than that...all I can tell You that no matter what the goal, teamwork will insure the best odds at success...