He's like Sam Beckett, if Sam Beckett was a homicidal maniac.Eobard Thawne is not trying to take over the world.
Commercially or otherwise.
Now while the real Harrison Wells would expand and invent, or head up farms of scientists dedicated towards the invention of many patentable new sciences and widgets, Eobard just wants to build the accelerator, origin the Flash, dose himself with speedforce and then go home.