>an inventor of a bagless vacuum cleaner who studied furniture design and interior and
>a guy with a bachelor in economics and physics who knows how to invest his money.
both obviously suck at engineering but got rich.
so those deserve appreciation as engineers, seriously?
why not adding steve jobs here, he also did nothing at all. or bill gates for stealing the idea of others?
they are also rich, then i think they meet your demands.
>Bauknecht, Brunel, Linde, Benz, Daimler, Roebling, Diesel, Bosch, Junkers, Zuse, Buechi, Watt, ...
that are engineers. you know, people who invented things which are used by all people.