It's so fuckin stupid too, he could have cashed out and been big balling, well maybe not big balling, but respectable medium balling. Definitely not having to work again if he'd taken the cash and ran and invested it right. The whole thing is a masterclass in narcissism fueled by the internet.
That's a common thing with suicides. You dig into what happened, and often (but not always) walk away thinking "WTF you didn't need to take it this far."
It's fucking stupid and reprehensible. Don't kill yourself. I don't care what your religious stance is, but pretty much all of them agree that shit is retarded.