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A supervillian who is trying to help is an anti-hero or anti-villain. That's not what I normally think of when I think of a "supervillain".
Why? You might be able to build a better power base by acting as a hero.
I think you'd build the best power base by acting as a capitalist. Superpowers work for one thing, but you can buy anything with money. That includes other superpowers, so long as you're not the only one with this strategy.
There are superheroes and supervillains who are filthy rich, but they always spend the money inefficiently on gadgets and stuff and do everything themselves. Delegate. The people who do it right aren't superheroes or supervillains. They're super philanthropists.
Lex Luthor occasionally averts this. Sure, he's generally the one piloting the giant robot, but at least he has snipers take out his enemies.
I'm pretty sure they all avert it occasionally. They just don't avert it nearly often enough.
Can't argue with you there ;-)