Kevin O’Leary

Kevin O’Leary, the Canadian entrepreneur and investor known as “Mr. Wonderful,” built and sold the educational-software company SoftKey (later The Learning Company) before becoming a fixture of business television on Dragons’ Den and, since 2009, ABC’s Shark Tank. A blunt evangelist for financial discipline, he distills that persona into his Cold Hard Truth books, which turn deal-making bravado into plain-spoken lessons on money, business, and family for readers who want the unsentimental version.