This is a redo of something really old internet wise - at least 10 years, and possibly 15. I remember reading something extremely similar right after I graduated college.

But to answer the girl's question - many of the super wealthy men want women who are equally smart. They likely met their mate in college, grad school, or when they first started at the hedge fund, investment bank, etc. Many of their plain looking wives likely worked right along side them and then after a few years went on the mommy track. They want a woman who will not embarrass them when they have to host dinner parties at their home. I am not saying being beautiful and being smart are mutually exclusive, but for the original question it did not seem to me that she valued education, only money.

I feel like the days of the smart wealthy man marrying his secretary are basically over.

I know girls who are like this IRL. They did not want to date boys who were making 70-100k when we graduated. I explained that you needed to find someone who loves you and you love. Eventually they might make 250-500k by the time they were in their 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s. Well she took that to mean to date men 20-40 years older. She is still not married and she is quite sad about it. We are all in our late 30s now.