He's the type of leader who grew the company on a minefield of figurative debt and real hidden costs. Leaving behind something with a solid foundation makes you a good leader. Getting out in time from a Ponzi scheme you built doesn't.

Another trait of a real leader is to be able to grow another leader who can do the same. By his own statements he failed.

It tells me that he built a house of cards and left before the wind knocked it over