I am 58 and feel worse
I have had some success in the past, but nothing like Elon.

From my past experience, one has to be lucky, and be at the right place and at the right time, and know the right people. If you have a gift of the gab it helps as well.
If you listen to the people who have made it big, you will see an element of luck was part of the equation. Of course one also makes your own luck

Countless ideas I have had, come to fruition 10 years later with other people, and I made absolutely no money on it, but spend countless hours and finance making the idea work. I found out that I was always too far in front of the headlights so to speak, that no none could see me, and that I spent countless hours explaining what we had done, and wanted to do. Effectively the conclusion I came to was that I spent my money and time educating the market, at my expense.

So hang in there and keep probing, some time your number will come up