Politically he was a loud backer of Brexit and then disappeared off to Singapore when it actually happened – he moved back two years later, perhaps having seen the bad PR but that's irrelevant.
"Inventor" wise its always the old story of over-engineered stuff of questionable practical quality. For example his "strawberries" are grown by some hyped-up heavily roboticised methodology, but they taste like crap compared to properly grown strawberries, and they are not much better than your average supermarket strawberry either – I did a comprehensive double-blind taste test with some friends. Meanwhile Dyson sells them at a vast markup.
He should have stopped at the vacuum cleaner, really. Preferably before then.
I like our Dyson vacuum but now knowing what to expect when it needs fixing. Not a chance I'd buy a dyson anything again.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/in-depth-features/how-dyson...
I found it educational on product development (as a new startup founder/product developer myself).
And I know people who have sprung for those detect laser vacuums and they all seem to love them.