I don't know where you got this idea that she holds people as inherently deprived. I challenge you to find any quote from her that does!
The Fountainhead's pretty much drenched with the depravity of most of mankind, centered on the hatred and jealousy of the "great" among them.
PLAYBOY: "In Atlas Shrugged, one of your leading characters is asked, "What's the most depraved type of human being?" His reply is surprising: He doesn't say a sadist or a murderer or a sex maniac or a dictator; he says, "The man without a purpose." Yet most people seem to go through their lives without a clearly defined purpose. Do you regard them as depraved?"
RAND: "YES, to a certain extent."
Playboy: PLAYBOY: "In 'Atlas Shrugged' your hero, John Galt, declares, "I swear -- by my life and my love of it -- that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." How is this related to your basic principles, (of Objectivism?)"
Rand: "The Objectivist ethics, in essence, hold that man exists for his own sake, that the pursuit of his own happiness is his highest moral purpose, that he must not sacrifice himself to others, nor sacrifice others to himself".
PLAYBOY: "According to your philosophy, work and achievement are the highest goals of life. Do you regard as immoral those who find greater fulfillment in the warmth of friendship and family ties?"
RAND: If they place such things as friendship and family ties above their own productive work, yes, then they are immoral. Friendship, family life and human relationships are not primary in a man's life. A man who places others first, above his own creative work, is an emotional parasite; whereas, if he places his work first, there is no conflict between his work and his enjoyment of human relationships."
This woman was an absolute militant atheist and anti-Christian witch, who lived and espoused everything opposite of what Our Lord Jesus Christ taught, commanded and lived. She stated that she thought of the Cross as a symbol of torture, not of love. Her highest value was selfishness. Philospher? NO! Her views were demonic, containing just enough reason and rationality as bait to hook the fish with.