Is it really about life experiences or ability to connect with the people they are representing? Women are better at this as their maternal ability helps them connect with kids at a level which men simply fail to.
So a woman aged 35 much be better than a man aged 50 at this. It's not a suprise.
For long time, women have successfully run families. They served as unpaid, unacknowledged head of families and successful taken care of house expenses and kids.
There are businesses going bust all time, willing to sell their ad account.
Also, he talks about spending millions, not making millions.
On campaigns there is an ROI, he could be making 100K on 1mil spend, how can he afford to pay you half of it?
In this case, you won't close a deal. He closed the deal, made money, lived fast and enjoyed.