Billionaires get a free pass for their bad behavior because they’re such great “business leaders” or whatever.

That's lazy complaining - replace billionaire with person in power (cultural, religious, cult leader, political) its the same thing.

I would argue that he's not a hall pass given the coverage.

I agree that those in power too often abuse it. If you can’t wield your power for good than society should strip it from you.

Yes as you can see everyone is turning a blind eye to Huang’s behavior.