whether you think he was a good or bad guy, he was a master of the economy. (I mean, I'd bet 100K that every single person on baltop right now uses unethical or illegal methods to gain money anyway, just a fact of life, you have no conscience, you get rich.)
I think it's a bit like big leaders such as hitler or stalin, we don't remember them because they were good people, we remember them because they were somehow DIFFERENT than everyone else, willing to go farther to reach their goals, ready to put aside their reputation and everything else for a chance to see their dreams become reality.