I hate to always come in as the contrarian, with no real evidence to boot, but I'm going to have to take issue with the first part of your statement. I took KO's financial savviness as a given from first seeing him on Dragons Den and of hearing a bit about his backstory. Additionally, my buddy went to one of KO's seminars and has the highest regard for him. But here's the thing. I read a piece on KO (it might have been a hit piece?) where it scrutinized his career post multiple billion $ sale of his business and there is nothing particularly stellar about it. Is he a smart man? Hell of a lot smarter than I'll ever be but I don't think his warped sense of reality, based on the crap he spewed on Lang and O'Leary, is good for society at large.
Agreed - O'Leary funds tanked & SoftKey/TLC were a disaster.