Fame is more esteemed than cash
Which cannot buy a headline splash.
And even power isn't half
As grand as fame, the golden calf.
Fame will flame as bright when markets crash.

golden calf (GOL-den KAHF) noun

Something unworthy that is excessively esteemed, especially money.

[In the biblical story Moses came down from Mount Sinai carrying the stone tablets with the Ten Commandments only to find Israelites worshiping a calf made of gold.] per Anu