The underlying assumption in the last statement is that women are looking for socioeconomic gain. What I propose is that this assumption is no longer as predominant as it used to be. The reason for that is obvious: women had not yet won the freedom to work in lucrative fields, and therefore had to depend on a man to be financially secure. This is no longer true. So change the fucking assumption.
Actually most women that I've talked to about this have said something to the effect that it's the drive, initiative, intelligence, industriousness, charisma, etc that result in a high socio-economic status that are attractive - not necessarily the money, fame, or whatever. Sort of like the impressive-plumage-as-proxy-for-good-genes dynamic at work in bird mating, etc imo.
I agree with that--good observation. There is something fundamentally different about people who have ambition. I guess that might be why people don't seem to fall all over themselves for trust funders.