Survival instinct of Israel partially contributes to its success but the population of Ashkanazi Jews have high average IQ throughout different geographies. Only a quarter of Ashkenazi Jews live in Israel (2.8 million), while half of the population lives in US (5-6 million) and other western nations.
They tend to posses a sizeable highly intelligent elite population (not saying every Ashkenazi jew is highly intelligent) and is able to dominate western institutions in about 2-3 generations of settling there. The ratio of Ashkanazi Jews within leading positions of important institutions relative to their population is disproportionately high. They sometimes hide/downplay their Jewish identity to blend in with the local European descended population to avoid discrimination.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jews
Their contribution to the west and humanity is undeniable.
If a society values education and intelligent activities then that society will naturally increase its average intelligence and cultural wealth over time through reproductive selection and epigenetics.
Poor societies tend to be more conservative and being out of the box and revolutionary is often discouraged. There is good reason for that. The society hasn't built up the industry and surplus to enable a safety net in case that out of the box thinking fails. We hear about the successful ones like Elon Musk but we don't hear about the countless failures, even SpaceX failed to launch many times. In addition what enabled him his success in high tech field is an already developed industrial base with a large pool of talent, he didn't do everything himself. Just because a person fails doesn't mean that person is a failure. Failure is necessary for success, they just need to learn from that experience and try again but a society without the necessary surplus won't enable that person to do so. This tends to create an environment of discouraging breakthrough thinking.
If a society wants people like Elon Musk then the most important thing them to do is to build up surplus, industry, and technology to create an environment to enable these people to fail and try again.