Please do note he wouldn't have had a spare $100,000 to bet (no where near 100% of his net worth) on BTC in 2013 if he had not worked hard in prior years on his silver investing businesses.

The relationships he developed during that time helped convince him to get into Bitcoin. He even asked me in January 2013 (but he wasn't relying on my feedback, he was just sharing and getting confirmation) and I basically gave the green light but didn't follow him in, because I was in a crisis mode at that time (I had the extra $100,000 available but my life wasn't cooperating).