Kevin O’Leary, the “Shark Tank” star who sold his software company to Mattel for $4.2 billion in 1999, shared some harsh advice on life and wealth in a recent interview with Business Insider. Known as “Mr. Wonderful,” O’Leary offered five nuggets of wisdom: Stop wasting money, focus your efforts, listen more than you speak, have the money talk on the …
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‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary says being liked has nothing to do with success—Steve Jobs taught him: ‘You can’t worry about whose feelings you bruise’
CEOs take on all sorts of personas, from the benevolent leader to the cutthroat business executive. Millionaire entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary is famous for his brutally honest, intimidating aura on-screen as a Shark Tank investor—and some of that leadership style rubbed off on him from working with the late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. “I don’t think people you work with need …
Read More »Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary warns Gen Z this job is a slow ‘drift into hell’ that’ll make you unemployable for life
Many business school students coming out of Stanford University, New York University, and the University of Pennsylvania are already stepping into their swanky Wall Street jobs. But multimillionaire investor Kevin O’Leary is urging his Harvard students to skip the typical consulting track—and build something of their own instead. “Look, if you want to drift into hell on Earth, stay 24 …
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