I am just not sure why you said
if we look at the whole picture we will see that he is not a great example at all
Are you referring to the fact that he is depicted as a "modest programmer", as defined in the article, or some actual bad behaviour? i.e. promoting shitcoins or other frauds?
No. What do you think of someone who had tens of thousands of bitcoins in 2010 but:
Now he only has $119 worth of Bitcoin left and regrets none of it.
At the very least to me it says he was someone who didn't believe in the future of bitcoin.
That's why I say it's legendary what he did but he's not. More legendary to me are for example the WO thread regulars who have long stacked or holded bitcoin, as they have believed in the future of bitcoin for many years even though they are not known to anyone outside this forum.