Agreed, 100%.
Controlling billions of dollars in grant/research money over decades allows incredible power shaping institutions for decades.
There's something seriously wrong when new talent isn't allowed to come in with new ideas, however. Fauci is a fossil, and needs to step aside and let all that young talent he's been nurturing (he has been doing that, right?!?!) step up.
(But the side investments and take home money ain't bad either).