There is something important that you miss here. He's generating lots of value, sure. But it is value that can only be generated because his employer already has a lot of existing infrastructure to benefit. He couldn't as easily generate that much value on his own. And therefore being an entrepreneur isn't necessarily that attractive to him.

Life is often like that. As an entrepreneur you should seek to understand and respect people who make that choice, not look down on it. Because after all your hope is to eventually hire people who are like him. If you sneer at smart people who are happy to generate excess value, they will notice and won't want to do that for you.