CONCLUSION
Let's stop making money and fame the only measure for success. Being successful is being happy and satisfied with ones fully achieved dreams. Money cannot buy satisfaction and happiness. Satisfaction and happiness is the true definition of success and anyone without this can not be declare as being successful.
Overall what you convey in this thread has a good point. but what is interesting to me, have you reached the conclusion as you said, and then get the satisfaction and true happiness that you define as success.
IMO, in reality humans will never achieve true happiness and absolute satisfaction, they are only temporary in the cycle of human life.
Speaking of success, everyone has a different perspective in interpreting success, it can be defined through marriage, fame, successful education. however, as you said, everyone will agree that money is an indicator as the main measure of success.