He is not a neet, he did it best to have economic indipendence so that he can not work a neet is some one who doesn't study or search for a job without having the means to survive, a neet survives thanks to their parents salary, usually they have bigger issues than lack of will or laziness.
Here the male protagonist worked his ass, made high risk bets in the financial market. And won.
As far as possible from a neet.