Steemit whales have not really raked in boatloads of cash on Steemit. Any client who decides to buy Steem Power can do as such, and would then be considered as a whale on the off chance that they purchased enough. Overall those with a ton of Steem Power have presumably benefitted a great deal, since they'll will in general be keen on giving great substance and since Steem has ascended in cost, however anybody with profound enough pockets could turn into a whale.
It's as yet conceivable however that you could be a whale without purchasing a Steem Power. It would simply depend how great you are at posting stuff that gets upvoted. A whale is only somebody with a ton of steem power, you can either get it or procure it by utilizing the site. Clearly it is difficult to make like great many dollars by posting however.
Of course, I send my heartfelt THANKS to
@xpilar @bambuka @art-venture @mister-omortson and to the rest of the team for building up this community.