his salary used to be either 1 dollar or 10K to evade tax

he was extreme in figuring out a way to pay less tax. Being a CEO with 10k salary is going out of the way in my opinion.

when I read books about him in the late 90s, people were praising him for doing this.

I don't have problem with him paying little tax, what I don't like is that he does not want to give other people the same opportunity he enjoyed. The pysch is very similar to people who go onto train thru a window, and after he gets in he shuts the window.