How do I get this to happen?

In case you don't know Hutch and I are taking a rock climbing class. Well on the first day we had to go around and introduce ourselves. This one guy who looks to be around mid to late 20's starts off saying that he's from England but normally lives in Denmark and just sold his company and is not retired. Last night after class we all went to the nearby pub for a beer. I got to talking to him for a bit. He is in the process of selling his company to IBM. He holds 17 international patents on software products/designs that he has done over the years. The crazy part is that he was contacted by IBM for the buyout. He was not looking to sell but they just called him up and offered a hell of a lot of money. He said he will make 500grand a year on interest off of the money from the sale. Talk about crazy.

The problem he has is that he doesn't know what to do anymore. We kept trying to give him idea's however he had done almost everything. He seemed very well read. He has travelled all over. He has a pilots license, has sky dived, is certified in scuba. We went through everything thing we could think of. One thought was him to get his phd and teach at a college, he already has a masters. The best suggestions came from someone else that he become a blacksmith. Wouldn't that be kind of fun to be able to open a forge even though no one will probably need anything from him. I also through out to become a horse cobbler.