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In reply to the discussion: 5 ways a 14-year-old crushed an arrogant interviewer [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)aside from having a show on CBC. One is a 1%er CEO money grubber who made his mark on TV with Dragon's Den by being an asshole, and on the business network here in Canada. The CBC thought he would be good as a ratings grabber, I suppose. He's just one of those asshole CEOs who thinks he knows it all about making money, and really doesn't care about anything BUT money. A hurricane could hit Alberta, while a blizzard buried India, and he would be more worried about his stock prices than the fact that the world was coming to an end. He's a dickhead, a sociopath, a narcissist and a rich, arrogant know-it-all with beady eyes and a 'smell the fart' look permanently plastered on his face. He's an overachiever alright.
Amanda Lang was his 'partner' on the BNN. The CBC thought she gave as good as she got. I think she lets O'Leary get away with way too much, and besides, her education isn't even in business, so she buys into what all the 'conventional' business TV personalities think of as good business. It shows (says this BCom student).