What exactly do you respect him for?

He didnt divulge any useful details other than that he is unemployed and managing his "multi-million" (which could be anything from $2m upwards)

In this day and age, $2m doesnt go very far especially when you are 46 and has a long time horizon to live out.

Most of the things he said he was doing eg. buying stocks and holding them, reading reports and attending AGM -- are what many working professionals can also do without quitting their day jobs.

For example what income tax is he paying? What is his passive income? Could be less than $100K pa.

Many other posters here have hit that figure and are still happily working.