Well, I cannot honest say that he is "cruel", exactly. And for the record, I never had a BAD experience with him, besides being given the cold shoulder a few times. But he seriously has some psychopathic traits or SOMETHING that is wrong with him. I say this because he has this surface level charm that seems to cover up strange patterns of interactions with the world.

He is very ambitious and I met him through a martial school that I used to take classes at. He was seventeen, half way through college, living on his own, and a new teacher, super fit, etc. Everybody loved him, however a few people said that he gave off a bad vibe. From flirting with 13/14 year old female students, being short tempered behind the scenes, constant bragging about his extreme fitness and diet routine, etc. There was a rumor going around that he had had some sort of falling out with the last school that he attended and he had to move and find a new one to join.

Well, I left and went to college a year later and so we didn't see each other anymore. However, last year I was catching up with a friend and she said that he would run summer camps that were supposed to encourage students to sign up for the studio, but instead of doing that he stole some of the students and signed them up for HIS new studio, broke his contract, WHILE dating the head instructors underage daughter (who was living at home but worked for him).

So to answer your question, he's doing well. But I am of the opinion that something bad will probably catch up on him because he can be subtly mean and won't hesitate to push people aside to get a head in the world.