folks give it up for mr kevin o'leary evidently one of the most callous a holes on television today in fact you might recognize him from the vultures to t.v. program shark tank a game show where a handful of one percenters decide whether to crush or finance the dreams of optimistic entrepreneurs although i think the show would be more entertaining if o'leary himself were thrown into an actual shark tank oh and by the way that new oxfam report that o'leary thinks is so amazing is actually the latest devastating statistics on the ever growing wealth gap between the rich and the poor the study reveals some disturbing facts including how just eighty five people control one hundred ten trillion dollars and half of the world's wealth is owned by just one percent of the population furthermore the us has the fastest widening wealth gap of all between the rich and the poor in the entire developed world and while fat cat one percent or o'leary thinks this is all great news oxfam's most harrowing analysis is that global inequality is threatening both the social stability and the security of the e

folks give it up for mr kevin o'leary evidently one of the most callous a holes on television today in fact you might recognize him from the vultures to t.v. program shark tank a game show where a handful of one percenters decide whether to crush or finance the dreams of optimistic entrepreneurs although i think the show would be more entertaining if o'leary himself were thrown into an actual shark tank oh and by the way that new oxfam report that o'leary thinks is so amazing is actually the latest devastating statistics on the ever growing wealth gap between the rich and the poor the study reveals some disturbing facts including how just eighty five people control one hundred ten trillion dollars and half of the world's wealth is owned by just one percent of the population furthermore the us has the fastest widening wealth gap of all between the rich and the poor in the entire developed world and while fat cat one percent or o'leary thinks this is all great news oxfam's most harrowing analysis is that global inequality is threatening both the social stability and the security of the e

mr. wonderful himself, joining us is kevin o'leary, chairman of the o'leary funds, co-host of "shark tankf "cold hard truth on men, wom women & money." great to have you here. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> how is the economy looking to you? >> i think it's looking pretty good. we focus mostly, particularly here, the s&p 500 is what people try and make their measure on, earnings, et cetera. here's my beef. i've been investing through "shark tank" for five years in small businesses. there are 6 million of them in america. they provide pretty well 50% of the jobs. we don't use them as a litmus test. we should. we have anemic growth in employment issues is that these businesses aren't hiring for a whole host of reasons. i think it's worth starting to ask them how they feel about this. >> why aren't they hiring? >> here's an issue for me. i'm not going to debate the merits of regulation. last year, the feds put out 2,800 new regulations, that's just federally. then the states put regulations out and locally, for example, new york put their own. new york city has regulations for small b

mr. wonderful on "shark tank," which airs friday nights at 9:00 here on abc. please welcome kevin o'learyke the -- you're like simon cowell with a better haircut. is that fair to say? >> jimmy, i just tell the truth. when you're talking about money, you need to tell the truth, even if it breaks your heart sometimes. >> jimmy: so you don't feel bad at all being mean or kind of smashing these thoughts that people have? >> no, because reality's going to strike them anyways. i might as well tell them the good news while they still have some money left. imagine if you mortgaged your mother's house and the idea's really stupid. >> jimmy: i have. >> so if i was telling the truth, that's why they call me mr. wonderful. no one else does. i'm the only shark that tells the truth. everyone else is, "just keep doing what you're doing and wasting money." >> jimmy: who started calling you mr. wonderful? >> i think it was barbara. barbara. >> jimmy: okay, i feel like it was you, i don't know why. >> she sits beside me in "shark tank." we get along. i bought her a new broom this year -- >> jimmy: you butt