Well, you're being sarcastic, but he does have a point in all that.

The proof of the pudding being in the eating, and all that.

There's something to be said for respecting somebody who betted on something he called and won (especially if they did it repeatedly), especially when most others were all against the very possibility of them being right...

And being free with fuck you money does give you some freedom to say truths (even if they're just your personal truths) employees can't.