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 to be your friends,” O’Leary told Fortune last year. “They have to respect you, and you have to lead them forward on their careers, make them money, and help them achieve their goals.”
