Is Linus Torvalds a founder who was too nice by pg's critera? He created something that people want, made it grow, etc, but he let other people capture the val

Is Linus Torvalds a founder who was too nice by pg's critera? He created something that people want, made it grow, etc, but he let other people capture the value and did not focus on securing a superlinear financial return for himself. Just musing that "growth" we are talking about is really the growth of the slice of the pie owned by the equity holders in the startup. Being so nice that you let your users or employees capture the value created by the product and don't get your superlinear return would seem to be too nice as a startup founder.