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li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Waterloo" title="University of Waterloo">University of Waterloo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Environmental_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Environmental Science">BES</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Western_Ontario" title="University of Western Ontario">University of Western Ontario</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Businessman, investor, author, television personality</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reality_television" title="Reality television">Reality TV</a> host,<br /><a href="/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC">CNBC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Business_News_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Business News Network">BNN</a> contributor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a> (2004–present)<br /> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> (before 2004)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Linda Greer</div> <div style="display:inline-block;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1990)<wbr />​</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kevinoleary.com">kevinoleary<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Terrence Thomas Kevin O'Leary</b> (born July 9, 1954), who refers to himself as <b>Mr. Wonderful</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a Canadian businessman, investor, television personality, journalist, and author.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2004 to 2014, he appeared on various Canadian television shows, including the business news programs <i>SqueezePlay</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lang_and_O%27Leary_Exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lang and O'Leary Exchange">The Lang and O'Leary Exchange</a></i>, as well as the Canadian <a href="/wiki/Reality_television" title="Reality television">reality television</a> shows <i><a href="/wiki/Dragons%27_Den_(Canadian_TV_series)" title="Dragons' Den (Canadian TV series)">Dragons' Den</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Redemption_Inc." title="Redemption Inc.">Redemption Inc.</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-auto7_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, he appeared on <a href="/wiki/Discovery_Channel" title="Discovery Channel">Discovery Channel</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Project_Earth" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Earth">Project Earth</a></i>. Since 2009, he has appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/Shark_Tank" title="Shark Tank">Shark Tank</a></i>, the American version of <i><a href="/wiki/Dragons%27_Den" title="Dragons' Den">Dragons' Den</a></i>. </p><p>O'Leary co-founded <a href="/wiki/SoftKey" title="SoftKey">SoftKey Software Products</a>, a technology company that sold software geared toward family education and entertainment. During the late 1980s and 1990s, SoftKey became a major consolidator in the global educational software market, having acquired rival companies via <a href="/wiki/Hostile_takeover" class="mw-redirect" title="Hostile takeover">hostile takeover</a> bids, such as Compton's New Media, <a href="/wiki/The_Learning_Company" title="The Learning Company">the Learning Company</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Broderbund" title="Broderbund">Broderbund</a>. SoftKey later changed its name to The Learning Company and was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Mattel" title="Mattel">Mattel</a> in 1999, with the sale making O'Leary a multimillionaire.<sup id="cite_ref-auto8_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto8-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-plays_one_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plays_one-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mattel promptly fired O'Leary, and the acquisition resulted in significant losses and multiple shareholder lawsuits.<sup id="cite_ref-plays_one_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plays_one-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, he campaigned to be the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party of Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fast_track_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fast_track-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-makes_late_entry_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-makes_late_entry-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a frontrunner in the polls during much of that time but dropped out in April 2017, one month before <a href="/wiki/2017_Conservative_Party_of_Canada_leadership_election" title="2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election">the election</a>, citing a lack of support in <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dropping_out_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dropping_out-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Leary was born on 9 July 1954,<sup id="cite_ref-CHTBML_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHTBML-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, one of two sons of Georgette (née Bookalam; <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">جورجيت بوكالام</span>), a small-business owner and investor of <a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Canadians" title="Lebanese Canadians">Lebanese</a> descent, and Terry O'Leary, a salesman of <a href="/wiki/Irish_Canadians" title="Irish Canadians">Irish</a> descent. Kevin also has a brother, Shane O'Leary.<sup id="cite_ref-CHTBML_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHTBML-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jasonmcbride_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jasonmcbride-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto3_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto4_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to his paternal heritage, O'Leary also holds Irish citizenship and carries an Irish passport.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary has <a href="/wiki/Dyslexia" title="Dyslexia">dyslexia</a>, which he argued helped him in the world of business.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Leary grew up in <a href="/wiki/Mount_Royal,_Quebec" title="Mount Royal, Quebec">Mount Royal, Quebec</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto7_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His parents divorced when he was a child, largely due to his father's alcoholism.<sup id="cite_ref-CHTBML_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHTBML-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father died shortly after that, when O'Leary was only seven.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his father's death, his mother ran the family's clothing business as an executive.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Montrealer_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Montrealer-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother later married an economist, George Kanawaty,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who worked with the UN's <a href="/wiki/International_Labour_Organization" title="International Labour Organization">International Labour Organization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-janemacdougall_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janemacdougall-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His stepfather's international assignments caused the family to move frequently, and O'Leary lived in many places while growing up, including <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his youth, he met both <a href="/wiki/Haile_Selassie" title="Haile Selassie">Haile Selassie</a> of Ethiopia and <a href="/wiki/Pol_Pot" title="Pol Pot">Pol Pot</a> of Cambodia.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary attended <a href="/wiki/Stanstead_College" title="Stanstead College">Stanstead College</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/St._George%27s_School_of_Montreal" title="St. George's School of Montreal">St. George's School</a>, both in Quebec.<sup id="cite_ref-auto7_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Leary's mother was a skilled investor, investing a third of her weekly paycheque in large-cap, dividend-paying stocks and interest-bearing bonds, ultimately achieving high returns in her investment portfolio. She kept her investment portfolio secret, so O'Leary only discovered his mother's skill as an investor after her death when her will was executed.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of his investment lessons came from his mother, including the admonition to save one-third of his money.<sup id="cite_ref-auto7_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-uwo.ca_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uwo.ca-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto6_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Leary had aspired to become a photographer, but on the advice of his stepfather who prompted the young Kevin to be more realistic with his future career aspirations, ultimately led him to attend university,<sup id="cite_ref-janemacdougall_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janemacdougall-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he continued to develop his interest in business and investing since his youth.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received an honours bachelor's degree in <a href="/wiki/Environmental_studies" title="Environmental studies">environmental studies</a> and psychology from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Waterloo" title="University of Waterloo">University of Waterloo</a> in 1977<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto9_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto9-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto5_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an MBA in entrepreneurship from <a href="/wiki/Ivey_Business_School" title="Ivey Business School">Ivey Business School</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Western_Ontario" title="University of Western Ontario">University of Western Ontario</a> in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-auto9_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto9-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto5_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_career">Business career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Business career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1978, between the first and second years of his MBA program, O'Leary was selected for an internship at <a href="/wiki/Nabisco" title="Nabisco">Nabisco</a> in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Toronto" title="Downtown Toronto">Downtown Toronto</a> and then worked as an assistant brand manager for Nabisco's cat food brand.<sup id="cite_ref-uwo.ca_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uwo.ca-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto6_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary attributed his future business success at The Learning Company as a result of the extensive marketing skills that he honed during his assistant brand management days at Nabisco.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After leaving Nabisco, O'Leary began a brief career as a television producer. With two of his former MBA classmates, Scott Mackenzie and Dave Toms (both of whom had assisted on O'Leary's MBA documentary), O'Leary co-founded Special Event Television (SET).<sup id="cite_ref-The_Montrealer_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Montrealer-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Toronto_Life_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toronto_Life-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ellen_Ashton-Haiste_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellen_Ashton-Haiste-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SET was an independent television production company that produced original sports programming such as <i>The Original Six</i>, <i>Don Cherry's Grapevine,</i> and <i>Bobby Orr & The Hockey Legends</i>. The company achieved limited success with minor television shows, soccer films, sports documentaries, and short in-between-period commercials for local professional hockey games.<sup id="cite_ref-plays_one_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plays_one-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-uwo.ca_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uwo.ca-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-steveburgess_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steveburgess-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of his partners later bought out his share of the venture for $25,000.<sup id="cite_ref-auto7_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ellen_Ashton-Haiste_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellen_Ashton-Haiste-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Softkey">Softkey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Softkey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After selling his SET share, O'Leary then proceeded by moving onto his next business venture. He started <a href="/wiki/SoftKey" title="SoftKey">Softkey</a> in a Toronto basement in 1986, along with business partners John Freeman and Gary Babcock.<sup id="cite_ref-steveburgess_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steveburgess-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company was a publisher and distributor of CD-based personal computer software for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> and <a href="/wiki/Macintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a> computers. A major financial supporter who had committed $250,000 in investment capital to finance O'Leary's company backed out the day before signing the documents and delivering his cheque, leaving O'Leary to go elsewhere to seek the necessary funding sources that he needed to support his fledgling business. Desperate to secure funding, O'Leary turned to using the proceeds that he gained from selling his SET share while also convincing his mother to lend him $10,000 in seed capital to establish SoftKey Software Products.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the software and personal-computer industries were proliferating throughout the course of the early 1980s, O'Leary convinced printer manufacturers to bundle Softkey's program with their hardware. With distribution assured, the company developed several educational software products focused on mathematics and reading education. Softkey products typically consisted of software for home users, especially <a href="/wiki/Shovelware" title="Shovelware">compilation discs</a> containing various <a href="/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">freeware</a> or <a href="/wiki/Shareware" title="Shareware">shareware</a> games packaged in "jewel-case" CD-ROMs.<sup id="cite_ref-plays_one_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plays_one-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto6_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Softkey weathered stiff competition from other software companies in the late 1980s and prospered throughout the 1990s. By 1993, Softkey had become a major consolidator in the educational software market, acquiring rivals such as <a href="/wiki/WordStar" title="WordStar">WordStar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spinnaker_Software" title="Spinnaker Software">Spinnaker Software</a> in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-willett19930524_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-willett19930524-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ieeetimeline_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ieeetimeline-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, Softkey acquired <a href="/wiki/The_Learning_Company" title="The Learning Company">The Learning Company</a> (TLC) for $606 million,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> adopting its name, and moved its headquarters to <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge, Massachusetts</a>. </p><p>TLC lost $105 million (US) in 1998 on revenues of $800 million and suffered losses over the previous two years.<sup id="cite_ref-joecastaldo_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joecastaldo-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TLC bought its former rival <a href="/wiki/Broderbund" title="Broderbund">Broderbund</a> in June 1998 for $416 million. </p><p>In 1999, TLC was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Mattel" title="Mattel">Mattel</a> for US$4.2 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-steveburgess_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steveburgess-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the acquisition, sales and earnings for Mattel soon dropped, and O'Leary was fired. The purchase by Mattel was later called one of the most disastrous corporate acquisitions in recent business history.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While acquisition management had projected a post-acquisition profit of US$50 million, Mattel actually experienced a loss of US$105 million. Mattel's stock dropped, wiping out US$3 billion of shareholder value in a single day. Mattel's shareholders later filed a class-action lawsuit accusing Mattel executives, O'Leary, and former TLC CEO Michael Perik of misleading investors about the health of TLC and the benefits of its acquisition. The lawsuit alleged that TLC used accounting tricks to hide losses and inflate quarterly revenues. In response, O'Leary and his defendants disputed all of the charges, with Mattel later paying $122 million to settle the lawsuit in 2003. O'Leary blamed the technology meltdown and a culture clash of management of the two companies for the failure of the acquisition.<sup id="cite_ref-joecastaldo_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joecastaldo-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Leary and financial backers from <a href="/wiki/Citigroup" title="Citigroup">Citigroup</a> made an unsuccessful attempt to acquire the French video game company <a href="/wiki/Atari" title="Atari">Atari</a>, with O'Leary having made plans to start a video-gaming television channel which never materialized.<sup id="cite_ref-plays_one_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plays_one-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="StorageNow_Holdings">StorageNow Holdings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: StorageNow Holdings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, O'Leary became a co-investor and corporate director at StorageNow Holdings, a Canadian developer of climate-controlled storage facilities controlled by <a href="/wiki/Reza_Satchu" title="Reza Satchu">Reza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asif_Satchu" class="mw-redirect" title="Asif Satchu">Asif Satchu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> StorageNow became the largest operator of storage services in Canada, with facilities in 11 cities, and was acquired by Storage REIT in March 2007 for $110 million.<sup id="cite_ref-plays_one_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plays_one-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary later sold his shares which yielded a windfall profit exceeding $4.5 million through realized capital gains, with his initial stake being originally valued at $500,000.<sup id="cite_ref-plays_one_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plays_one-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2005, Reza Satchu and O'Leary's operating partner, Wheeler, filed a $10-million wrongful dismissal lawsuit, charging that they had altered an agreed-upon compensation deal and illegally reduced Wheeler's share of the profits.<sup id="cite_ref-plays_one_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plays_one-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary and Satchu claimed Wheeler failed to reach performance targets.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The case was settled out of court.<sup id="cite_ref-plays_one_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plays_one-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_ventures">Other ventures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other ventures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2007, O'Leary joined the advisory board of <a href="/wiki/Genstar_Capital" title="Genstar Capital">Genstar Capital</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Private_equity" title="Private equity">private equity</a> firm that focuses on investing in health care, industrial technology, business services, and software. Genstar Capital appointed O'Leary to its Strategic Advisory Board to seek new investment opportunities for its $1.2 billion fund.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="O'Leary_Funds"><span id="O.27Leary_Funds"></span>O'Leary Funds</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: O'Leary Funds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2008, O'Leary co-founded O'Leary Funds Inc., a mutual fund management firm focused on global yield investing. He is the company's chairman and lead investor, while his brother Shane O'Leary serves as the director. The fund's assets under management grew from $400 million in 2011 to $1.2 billion in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-Oysey,_Dan_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oysey,_Dan-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fund's primary manager was Stanton Asset Management, a firm controlled by the husband-and-wife team of <a href="/wiki/Connor_O%27Brien_(alpine_skier)" title="Connor O'Brien (alpine skier)">Connor O'Brien</a> and Louise Ann Poirier.<sup id="cite_ref-auto6_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to research by Canadian banker <a href="/wiki/Mark_R._McQueen" title="Mark R. McQueen">Mark R. McQueen</a>, O'Leary's fund increased distribution yield from his funds by returning invested capital to shareholders. While this is not unusual, it was contrary to O'Leary's statements.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another analysis also found that one-quarter of the distributions from one of O'Leary's funds were return of capital.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2014, O'Leary Funds Management agreed to pay penalties to the <a href="/wiki/Autorit%C3%A9_des_march%C3%A9s_financiers_(Qu%C3%A9bec)" class="mw-redirect" title="Autorité des marchés financiers (Québec)">Autorité des marchés financiers</a> for violating certain technical provisions of the Securities Act. At the time of the agreement, O'Leary Funds reported taking steps to correct the violations.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 15, 2015, O'Leary Funds was sold to Canoe Financial, a private investment-management company owned by Canadian businessman <a href="/wiki/W._Brett_Wilson" title="W. Brett Wilson">W. Brett Wilson</a>. Wilson once was an investor with O'Leary on CBC's <i>Dragons' Den.</i><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="O'Leary_Ventures"><span id="O.27Leary_Ventures"></span>O'Leary Ventures</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: O'Leary Ventures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Leary is also the founder of O'Leary Ventures, a private early-stage venture capital investment company,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary Mortgages, O'Leary books, and O'Leary Fine Wines.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2014, O'Leary Mortgages closed.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary's funds have a questionable history and are said to have declined over 20% in a year, often a big blow to fund managers. O'Leary no longer manages outside money.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="ETF_and_investing">ETF and investing</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: ETF and investing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 14, 2015, O'Leary launched an <a href="/wiki/Exchange-traded_fund" title="Exchange-traded fund">Exchange-traded fund</a> (ETF) through O'Shares Investments, a division of his investment fund, O'Leary Funds Management LP where O'Leary serves as chairman. A <a href="/wiki/Value_investor" class="mw-redirect" title="Value investor">value investor</a>, he has advised on <a href="/wiki/Personal_finance" title="Personal finance">personal finance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He advocates <a href="/wiki/Diversification_(finance)" title="Diversification (finance)">portfolio diversification</a> and suggests that investors have their age as the percentage of <a href="/wiki/Bond_(finance)" title="Bond (finance)">bonds</a> in their portfolios (i.e., 30% in bonds and 70% in stocks for a 30-year-old investor, with an increasing proportion of bonds and decreasing proportion of stocks as the investor ages).<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary has also "stated on many occasions that he won't invest in publicly-traded stock unless it pays him a <a href="/wiki/Dividend" title="Dividend">dividend</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Leary is also an active <a href="/wiki/Gold_as_an_investment" title="Gold as an investment">gold investor</a>, with five percent of his financial portfolio invested in physical gold. However, he does not invest in stocks of gold-mining companies because he says <a href="/wiki/Cash_flow" title="Cash flow">cash flow</a> is an important investment factor to him.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary also advises diversification in multiple industry sectors while dedicating no more than 20 percent of one's financial portfolio being concentrated in one sector.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cryptocurrencies">Cryptocurrencies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cryptocurrencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Leary initially expressed skepticism about cryptocurrencies. In May 2019, O'Leary told CNBC <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin">bitcoin</a> is "a digital game" and is a "useless currency". He illustrated his thinking with the following example, "Let's say you want to buy a piece of Swiss real estate for $10 million in bitcoin...The seller wants a guarantee that the bitcoin value comes back to the U.S. currency. You have to somehow <a href="/wiki/Hedge_(finance)" title="Hedge (finance)">hedge</a> the risk of bitcoin. That means it's not a real currency. That means the receiver is not willing to take the risk of the volatility it has. It's worthless."<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2021, O'Leary told <i>Pomp</i> podcast host Anthony Pompliano that he had made a 3 to 5% allocation to bitcoin and had become a strategic investor in the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Decentralized_finance" title="Decentralized finance">decentralized finance</a> platform Defi Ventures;<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the company then renamed itself WonderFi Technologies, in reference to O'Leary's nickname, "Mr. Wonderful". </p><p>In August 2021, it was announced O'Leary would take an ownership stake in the parent companies of FTX.com and FTX.US as part of his compensation for becoming a "spokesperson and ambassador" for <a href="/wiki/FTX_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="FTX (company)">FTX</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> FTX subsequently <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy_of_FTX" title="Bankruptcy of FTX">went bankrupt</a> due to CEO <a href="/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried" title="Sam Bankman-Fried">Sam Bankman-Fried</a> secretly using client funds to make speculative bets that were unsuccessful. In November 2022, O'Leary, alongside other spokespeople for FTX, was sued in a <a href="/wiki/Class-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Class-action">class-action</a> lawsuit.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is precedent for prosecuting individuals promoting fraudulent cryptocurrency ventures—regardless of whether they had <a href="/wiki/Plausible_deniability" title="Plausible deniability">plausible deniability</a>. For example, in February 2022, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Eleventh_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit">U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals</a> ruled in a lawsuit against <a href="/wiki/Bitconnect" title="Bitconnect">Bitconnect</a> that the <a href="/wiki/Securities_Act_of_1933" title="Securities Act of 1933">Securities Act of 1933</a> extends to <a href="/wiki/Targeted_advertising" title="Targeted advertising">targeted solicitation</a> using <a href="/wiki/Influencer_marketing" title="Influencer marketing">social media</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary claimed on CNBC that he was paid $15 million for the spokesman role, adding that he lost $9.7 million in digital assets, the remainder allotment in various fees and taxes, and a further million dollars' worth of equity after the company's insolvency. At an FTX hearing, O'Leary claimed that <a href="/wiki/Binance" title="Binance">Binance</a> CEO <a href="/wiki/Changpeng_Zhao" title="Changpeng Zhao">Changpeng Zhao</a> "put FTX out of business."<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Leary has been an advocate of <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency" title="Cryptocurrency">cryptocurrency</a> investing and personally owns coins in the cryptocurrencies <a href="/wiki/Ethereum" title="Ethereum">Ether</a>, A4M Ethereum Blockchain, Polygon, <a href="/wiki/Solana_(blockchain_platform)" title="Solana (blockchain platform)">SOL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin">Bitcoin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pawthereum" title="Pawthereum">Pawthereum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Cold Hard Truth: On Business, Money & Life</i> (2011)</li> <li><i>Cold Hard Truth on Men, Women, and Money: 50 Common Money Mistakes and How to Fix Them</i> (2012)</li> <li><i>Cold Hard Truth on Family, Kids and Money</i> (2015)</li> <li><i>Cold Hard Truth on Marriage and Money: Part Two of Cold Hard Truth on Family, Kids and Money</i> (2015)</li> <li><i>Digital Pivot or Bust In a Post COVID-19 World: Why Small Businesses Must Re-Think Everything to Survive and Thrive!</i> (2020)</li></ul> <p>In September 2011, O'Leary released his first book, <i>Cold Hard Truth: On Business, Money & Life</i>, in which he shares his views on family relationships, investing, money, and life.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A sequel, <i>The Cold Hard Truth on Men, Women, and Money: 50 Common Money Mistakes and How to Fix Them</i>, was published in 2012. The book's emphasis was placed on recognizing the significance of cultivating financial literacy and financial education, which serve as fundamental pillars for building and attaining financial abundance, freedom, and stability.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, O'Leary published a subsequent work delving into topics pertaining to important life choices such as education, choice of career paths, managing personal financial matters and fiscal stewardship, romantic relationships, matrimony, raising children, familial bonds, and retirement planning. Furthermore, he explores the challenges associated with parenting and nurturing a family while concurrently working to provide wealth and financial security for them. He also imparts guidance on managing one's personal financial situation, ranging from the importance of inculcating financial literacy values within family members, promoting the habitual practice of saving and investing money, as well as properly and proficiently managing loans, debts, and credit.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dragons'_Den_and_Shark_Tank"><span id="Dragons.27_Den_and_Shark_Tank"></span><i>Dragons' Den</i> and <i>Shark Tank</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Dragons' Den and Shark Tank"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, O'Leary appeared as one of the five follow-up venture capitalists on the then-new show <i><a href="/wiki/Dragons%27_Den_(Canadian_TV_series)" title="Dragons' Den (Canadian TV series)">Dragons' Den</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/CBC_Television" title="CBC Television">CBC</a>, the Canadian installment of the international <i><a href="/wiki/Dragons%27_Den" title="Dragons' Den">Dragons' Den</a></i> format. On the show, O'Leary developed a <a href="/wiki/Persona" title="Persona">persona</a> as a blunt, abrasive investor, who at one point told a contestant who started crying, "Money doesn't care. Your tears don't add any value."<sup id="cite_ref-plays_one_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plays_one-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-not_the_next_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not_the_next-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This television persona was encouraged by executive producer Stuart Coxe, who occasionally asked O'Leary to be "more evil" during the first two seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Dragons' Den</i> became one of the most-watched shows in CBC history, with around two million viewers per episode.<sup id="cite_ref-plays_one_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plays_one-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coxe attributed the show's success in large part to O'Leary's presence.<sup id="cite_ref-plays_one_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plays_one-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, the American version of <i>Dragons' Den</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Shark_Tank" title="Shark Tank">Shark Tank</a></i>, began, and <i>Shark Tank</i> executive producer <a href="/wiki/Mark_Burnett" title="Mark Burnett">Mark Burnett</a> invited two of the CBC <i>Dragons' Den</i> investors, O'Leary and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Herjavec" title="Robert Herjavec">Robert Herjavec</a>, to appear on the show. Both have remained with <i>Shark Tank</i> since the beginning. For several years, they appeared on both shows, although Herjavec left <i>Dragons' Den</i> in 2012, and O'Leary left in 2014. <i>Shark Tank</i> became a ratings hit, averaging 9 million viewers per episode at its peak in the 2014–15 season.<sup id="cite_ref-entertainment2015_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-entertainment2015-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has also been a critical favourite, winning the <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Structured_Reality_Program" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program</a> four times.<sup id="cite_ref-emmys_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-emmys-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Leary's appearances on <i>Dragons' Den</i> and <i>Shark Tank</i> popularized the nickname "Mr. Wonderful" for him; he has said that he is often referred to by that name in public.<sup id="cite_ref-boston_q&a_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boston_q&a-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary has said that the nickname serves both as a tongue-in-cheek reference to his reputation for being mean,<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as a reflection of his view that his blunt assessments are helpful to misguided, naive, and inexperienced entrepreneurs. In a 2013 interview, O'Leary implied that he could not remember how he got the nickname.<sup id="cite_ref-boston_q&a_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boston_q&a-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had already referred to himself as "Mr. Wonderful" in a 2006 casting video for <i>Dragon's Den</i>, predating either show.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besides his acerbic demeanor, domineering imposition, and blunt television persona, O'Leary has also gained a reputation on both shows for preferring deals in which he loans the entrepreneurs money in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Royalty_payment" title="Royalty payment">a percentage of future revenue</a>, rather than taking a <a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">share</a> of the company.<sup id="cite_ref-how_debt_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-how_debt-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notable deals in which O'Leary has been involved on <i>Shark Tank</i> include investments in <a href="/wiki/Talbott_Teas" title="Talbott Teas">Talbott Teas</a> (later bought by <a href="/wiki/Jamba_Juice" title="Jamba Juice">Jamba Juice</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and GrooveBook (later bought by <a href="/wiki/Shutterfly" title="Shutterfly">Shutterfly</a>), the latter with <a href="/wiki/Mark_Cuban" title="Mark Cuban">Mark Cuban</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of his recent investments include Hello Prenup with Nirav Tolia of <a href="/wiki/Nextdoor" title="Nextdoor">Nextdoor</a>. All of his <i>Dragons' Den</i> and <i>Shark Tank</i> investments are consolidated, presided, and managed under his <a href="/wiki/Holding_company" title="Holding company">holding company</a>, called "Something Wonderful."<sup id="cite_ref-how_debt_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-how_debt-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discovery_Channel's_Discovery_Project_Earth"><span id="Discovery_Channel.27s_Discovery_Project_Earth"></span>Discovery Channel's <i>Discovery Project Earth</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Discovery Channel's Discovery Project Earth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2008, O'Leary worked as a co-host for the <a href="/wiki/Discovery_Channel" title="Discovery Channel">Discovery Channel</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Project_Earth" class="mw-redirect" title="Discovery Project Earth">Discovery Project Earth</a></i>, a show that explores innovative ways to reverse <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Lang_and_O'Leary_Exchange"><span id="The_Lang_and_O.27Leary_Exchange"></span>The Lang and O'Leary Exchange</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: The Lang and O'Leary Exchange"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009, O'Leary began appearing with journalist <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Lang" title="Amanda Lang">Amanda Lang</a> on <a href="/wiki/CBC_News_Network" title="CBC News Network">CBC News Network</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lang_and_O%27Leary_Exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lang and O'Leary Exchange">The Lang and O'Leary Exchange</a></i>. During a segment of <i>The Lang & O'Leary Exchange</i> on the <a href="/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street" title="Occupy Wall Street">Occupy Wall Street</a> protests in 2011, O'Leary criticized Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hedges" title="Chris Hedges">Chris Hedges</a> for sounding "like a left-wing nutbar." Hedges said afterward that "it will be the last time" he would appear on the show and compared the CBC to <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CBC's <a href="/wiki/Ombudsman" title="Ombudsman">ombudsman</a> found O'Leary's behaviour to be a violation of the public broadcaster's journalistic standards.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In January 2014, on <i>The Lang and O'Leary Exchange</i>, O'Leary remarked, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It's fantastic, and this is a great thing because it inspires everybody, gets them motivation to look up to the one percent and say, 'I want to become one of those people, I'm going to fight hard to get up to the top.' This is fantastic news, and, of course, I applaud it. What can be wrong with this? I celebrate <a href="/wiki/Capitalism" title="Capitalism">capitalism</a>. Don't tell me that you want to <a href="/wiki/Wealth_redistribution" class="mw-redirect" title="Wealth redistribution">redistribute wealth</a> again, that's never gonna happen... Redistribution of wealth doesn't work, we tried it in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>, would you like to live there? <sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> O'Leary later clarified these statements, saying, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>No I don't think poverty is fantastic. I don't think income disparity is fantastic. What I think is how successful <a href="/wiki/Capitalism" title="Capitalism">capitalism</a> has been over the last hundred years reducing poverty and reducing income disparity. In the last 30 years the number of people living on this globe in extreme poverty has been reduced from 42% down to 17%. Amanda, I want you to thank capitalism for that, because that's how it happened.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_projects">Other projects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Other projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2009, O'Leary hosted a <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Comedy_Festival" title="Winnipeg Comedy Festival">Winnipeg Comedy Festival</a> gala called <i>Savings & Groans</i> in which he performed a <i>Dragon's Den</i> style sketch in which <a href="/wiki/Sean_Cullen" class="mw-redirect" title="Sean Cullen">Sean Cullen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ron_Sparks_(comedian)" title="Ron Sparks (comedian)">Ron Sparks</a> tried to get him to invest in their invention - the wheel. The show aired on <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">CBC</a> in 2010. </p><p>O'Leary co-produced and hosted the 2012 reality show <i><a href="/wiki/Redemption_Inc." title="Redemption Inc.">Redemption Inc.</a></i>, which aired for one season on CBC, in which ten ex-convicts competed to have O'Leary fund their business idea.<sup id="cite_ref-auto7_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having also been a co-host of <i>SqueezePlay</i> on <a href="/wiki/Bell_Media" title="Bell Media">Bell Media</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Business_News_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Business News Network">Business News Network</a> (BNN), he returned to the Discovery Channel on September 1, 2014, to join as a contributor for its radio and television stations such as <a href="/wiki/CTV_Television_Network" title="CTV Television Network">CTV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CBC_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBC-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 5, 2015, O'Leary made an appearance on the game show <i><a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Jeopardy" class="mw-redirect" title="Celebrity Jeopardy">Celebrity Jeopardy</a></i> and received $10,000 for his charity despite finishing 3rd and in negative points after both Double Jeopardy and Final Jeopardy rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September that year, O'Leary appeared as a celebrity judge in the 95th <a href="/wiki/Miss_America" title="Miss America">Miss America</a> pageant.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018 O'Leary hosted the podcast <i>Ask Mr. Wonderful</i> for seven episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, he began posting videos on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>, again under the title "Ask Mr. Wonderful".<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, O'Leary appeared with <a href="/wiki/Katie_Phang" title="Katie Phang">Katie Phang</a> and Ada Pozo on <a href="/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC">CNBC</a>'s <i>Money Court</i>, where they adjudicated financial disputes.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is currently a member of ARHT Media's Board of Advisors.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He has an acting role in the upcoming 2025 movie <a href="/wiki/Marty_Supreme" title="Marty Supreme">Marty Supreme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_activity">Political activity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Political activity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2016, O'Leary offered to invest $1 million in the economy of <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a> in exchange for the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Alberta" title="Premier of Alberta">Premier</a> <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Notley" title="Rachel Notley">Rachel Notley</a><sup id="cite_ref-cpc_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cpc-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and appeared with four other prospective leadership candidates at a conference for federal Conservatives in late February 2016, where he gave a presentation titled "If I Run, This is How."<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his speech, he predicted that the Liberal government would fall within four years of economic collapse.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017_federal_Conservative_Party_leadership_race">2017 federal Conservative Party leadership race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2017 federal Conservative Party leadership race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kevin_O%27Leary_and_Andrew_Scheer_-_2018_(46074808521)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Kevin_O%27Leary_and_Andrew_Scheer_-_2018_%2846074808521%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Kevin_O%27Leary_and_Andrew_Scheer_-_2018_%2846074808521%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Kevin_O%27Leary_and_Andrew_Scheer_-_2018_%2846074808521%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Kevin_O%27Leary_and_Andrew_Scheer_-_2018_%2846074808521%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Kevin_O%27Leary_and_Andrew_Scheer_-_2018_%2846074808521%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Kevin_O%27Leary_and_Andrew_Scheer_-_2018_%2846074808521%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="774" data-file-height="1057" /></a><figcaption>O'Leary with <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Scheer" title="Andrew Scheer">Andrew Scheer</a> in 2018</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:O%27Leary_campaign_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/O%27Leary_campaign_logo.png/220px-O%27Leary_campaign_logo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/O%27Leary_campaign_logo.png/330px-O%27Leary_campaign_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/O%27Leary_campaign_logo.png/440px-O%27Leary_campaign_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="988" data-file-height="434" /></a><figcaption>Campaign logo</figcaption></figure> <p>Following <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a>'s resignation as leader of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party of Canada</a>, O'Leary attended Conservative Party gatherings in February and May 2016, leading to public speculation about whether he would run for the <a href="/wiki/2017_Conservative_Party_of_Canada_leadership_election" title="2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election">2017 leadership election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2016, <a href="/wiki/Maxime_Bernier" title="Maxime Bernier">Maxime Bernier</a>, a Conservative Quebecois politician, criticized O'Leary, calling him a "tourist"<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for wanting to be prime minister without being able to speak French.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bernier later explained that he wanted all leadership candidates to learn French and praised his fellow leadership contender <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Raitt" title="Lisa Raitt">Lisa Raitt</a>, who was trying to improve her French. O'Leary stated that he was taking French lessons, and he promised to learn French in time for the next federal election.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 18, 2017, O'Leary officially entered the Conservative leadership race.<sup id="cite_ref-makes_late_entry_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-makes_late_entry-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same day, his former <i>Dragons' Den</i> co-star <a href="/wiki/Arlene_Dickinson" title="Arlene Dickinson">Arlene Dickinson</a> stated that she found O'Leary to be too "self-interested and opportunistic" to be qualified for the office of prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, another former <i>Dragons' Den</i> co-star, <a href="/wiki/W._Brett_Wilson" title="W. Brett Wilson">W. Brett Wilson</a>, endorsed O'Leary, highlighting differences between O'Leary as a businessman and his TV persona.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 1, 2017, O'Leary posted a video of himself shooting in a <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a> gun range. It was removed from <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> out of respect for the funeral for three victims of the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City_mosque_shooting" title="Quebec City mosque shooting">Quebec City mosque shooting</a> on that day. It was also revealed that he was in New York promoting one of his business ventures when this occurred. O'Leary later apologized for the timing of this post.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Leary was a frontrunner in the polls throughout most of his run. Nevertheless, he dropped out of the leadership race on April 26, 2017, stating that, though he still thought he could win the leadership election, a lack of support in Quebec meant that it would be difficult for him to beat Trudeau in 2019, and it would thus be "selfish" of him to continue. On dropping out, he endorsed Bernier, another frontrunner for the position.<sup id="cite_ref-dropping_out_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dropping_out-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Andrew_Scheer" title="Andrew Scheer">Andrew Scheer</a> eventually won the leadership election, narrowly edging out Bernier.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Donald_Trump_support">Donald Trump support</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Donald Trump support"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, O'Leary described hypothetical trade negotiations between US President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> and Canadian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Justin_Trudeau" title="Justin Trudeau">Justin Trudeau</a> as "<a href="/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla">Godzilla</a> versus <a href="/wiki/Bambi_(character)" title="Bambi (character)">Bambi</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the U.S. presidential election of 2024, O'Leary criticized Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, citing her plan to increase corporate taxes.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the campaign, O'Leary also defended Trump for bank fraud, suggesting that it was a victimless crime.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Donald Trump won the election, O'Leary said he was very happy with the outcome and that he was "very proud of the work I did" during the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_118-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Amid President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s threats in 2025 to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian goods and annex Canada, O'Leary visited Trump at his Mar-a-lago resort.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary also supported making Canada part of the United States and said, "Think about the power of combining the two economies."<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Economy_and_trade">Economy and trade</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Economy and trade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Leary supports multilateral free trade agreements such as the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement" title="North American Free Trade Agreement">North American Free Trade Agreement</a>. O'Leary believes <a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Canada" title="Taxation in Canada">corporate tax rates in Canada</a> are too high and has promised to eliminate the national <a href="/wiki/Carbon_tax" title="Carbon tax">carbon tax</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-globalnews.ca_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globalnews.ca-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary has threatened to punish <a href="/wiki/Canadian_provinces" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian provinces">provinces</a> by withholding transfer payments if they do not eliminate their respective carbon taxes.<sup id="cite_ref-globalnews.ca_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globalnews.ca-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary is a critic of <a href="/wiki/Deficit_spending" title="Deficit spending">deficit spending</a> and supports eliminating the <a href="/wiki/National_debt" class="mw-redirect" title="National debt">national debt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Leary opposes control of the <a href="/wiki/CRTC" class="mw-redirect" title="CRTC">CRTC</a> over Canada's telecommunications system.<sup id="cite_ref-bnn.ca_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bnn.ca-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He has accused Rep. <a href="/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez" title="Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a>, a New York politician, of "killing jobs by the thousands," citing higher corporate taxes which she favors.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Labour_rights">Labour rights</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Labour rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Leary opposes <a href="/wiki/Right_to_disconnect" title="Right to disconnect">right to disconnect</a> legislation, which gives employees the legal right not to respond to work-related communications outside of working hours.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Energy">Energy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Energy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Leary supports building a pipeline from the <a href="/wiki/Athabasca_oil_sands" title="Athabasca oil sands">Athabasca oil sands</a> to <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Canada" title="Eastern Canada">Eastern Canada</a> with the intention of making Canada "energy independent". He has criticized Canada's reliance on Saudi Arabia for oil and gas.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has stated he would support a national referendum on the issue of pipelines.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Social">Social</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Social"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Leary describes his social policies as "very liberal". He supports <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Canada" title="Same-sex marriage in Canada">same-sex marriage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> rights.<sup id="cite_ref-ctvnews.ca_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctvnews.ca-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary supports the legalization and regulation of <a href="/wiki/Marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana">marijuana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bnn.ca_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bnn.ca-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Leary supports <a href="/wiki/Assisted_suicide" title="Assisted suicide">assisted suicide</a> and cited Switzerland as a model for Canada to follow.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Foreign_and_military_policy">Foreign and military policy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Foreign and military policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Leary supported ending <a href="/wiki/Operation_Impact" title="Operation Impact">Canadian airstrikes on ISIS</a> and supports taking a peacekeeping role in the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, O'Leary described Russia as "neither an ally nor a foe" in an interview with the CBC.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Leary has criticized <a href="/wiki/Justin_Trudeau" title="Justin Trudeau">Justin Trudeau</a>'s procurement plan. He supports purchasing <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned combat aerial vehicle">aerial combat drones</a> to defend <a href="/wiki/Canadian_airspace" title="Canadian airspace">Canadian airspace</a> and supports phasing out the use of the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_CP-140_Aurora" title="Lockheed CP-140 Aurora">Lockheed CP-140 Aurora</a> citing cost reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-ctvnews.ca_129-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctvnews.ca-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has criticized the lack of funding of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Armed_Forces" title="Canadian Armed Forces">Canadian Armed Forces</a> and supports spending the <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> recommended 2% of GDP on military expenditures.<sup id="cite_ref-ctvnews.ca_129-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctvnews.ca-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Immigration">Immigration</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Immigration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Leary has proposed creating a "fast track" for citizenship for immigrants who graduate from college or university and find employment, as well as for their spouses and children.<sup id="cite_ref-fast_track_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fast_track-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Leary has advocated for increased border security in order to tackle the issue of irregular border crossing.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Senate">Senate</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a 2017 interview with <a href="/wiki/Evan_Solomon" title="Evan Solomon">Evan Solomon</a>, O'Leary suggested that <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada" title="Senate of Canada">Senators</a> should pay money every year, instead of being paid, thus turning "a cost centre to Canada" into "a profit centre."<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership_debt_and_lawsuit">Leadership debt and lawsuit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Leadership debt and lawsuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2018, O'Leary hired lawyer <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Groia" title="Joseph Groia">Joseph Groia</a> and sued <a href="/wiki/Elections_Canada" title="Elections Canada">Elections Canada</a> and Canada's federal elections commissioner over campaign finance laws which limited candidates to spending only $25,000 of their own money for their leadership campaign. At the time of the lawsuit, O'Leary still owed $430,000 to creditors. O'Leary had proposed to Elections Canada that he pay off the debt now with his own money and fundraise the money later, but was rebuffed, since this would be illegal. O'Leary publicly stated that the law promoted mediocrity since rich people would be discouraged from running and hurt the businesses that had pledged money for his failed leadership campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In O'Leary's legal submissions, he argued that the laws preventing the use of personal money over $25,000 were a restriction of his <a href="/wiki/Section_2_of_the_Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms" title="Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms">Section 2 Charter</a> right to free expression and the threat of jail time in those laws violated his <a href="/wiki/Section_7_of_the_Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms" title="Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms">Section 7 Charter</a> right to security of the person.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_138-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Leary is <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and his wife, Linda (<a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a> Greer),<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have been married since 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple separated in 2011, but they resumed their marriage after two years.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have two children, Trevor and Savannah.<sup id="cite_ref-inbetween_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inbetween-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2016 interview, O'Leary stated: "In a successful growing business, it eats your time alive. Then later in life, you can provide for your family things that many others can't have. But because you sacrificed, you're then given the reward of freedom."<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The O'Learys live in <a href="/wiki/Miami_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami Beach">Miami Beach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also maintains a cottage in <a href="/wiki/Muskoka,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Muskoka, Ontario">Muskoka, Ontario</a>, as well as homes in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>, Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-Kevin_O'Leary_is_a_blowhard,_a_relentless_self-promoter_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kevin_O'Leary_is_a_blowhard,_a_relentless_self-promoter-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Transcript:_O'Leary_on_his_bid_for_Conservative_leadership_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Transcript:_O'Leary_on_his_bid_for_Conservative_leadership-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Where_is_home?_Kevin_O’Leary_who’s_called_Boston_'home'_says_his_priority_is_Canada_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Where_is_home?_Kevin_O’Leary_who’s_called_Boston_'home'_says_his_priority_is_Canada-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2022 CNBC interview, he mentioned that he has obtained a <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> citizenship in order to be able to partner with <a href="/wiki/Emiratis" title="Emiratis">Emiratis</a> on investments.<sup id="cite_ref-uaecitizen_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uaecitizen-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Leary is a fan of the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> football team and claims to watch all of their games, even when he is traveling around the world and games occur during the middle of the night.<sup id="cite_ref-boston_q&a_81-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boston_q&a-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a <a href="/wiki/Oenophilia" title="Oenophilia">wine aficionado</a> and belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Confr%C3%A9rie_des_Chevaliers_du_Tastevin" title="Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin">Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin</a>, an international association of <a href="/wiki/Burgundy_wine" title="Burgundy wine">Burgundy wine</a> enthusiasts.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also a lifelong photographer and has exhibited and sold prints of his photographs, donating the proceeds to charity.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary is also an avid watch collector and expert, sharing his insights on both <i>Shark Tank</i> and social media.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boating_accident">Boating accident</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Boating accident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On August 24, 2019, O'Leary and his wife Linda were involved in a fatal crash on <a href="/wiki/Lake_Joseph" title="Lake Joseph">Lake Joseph</a> in <a href="/wiki/Muskoka,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Muskoka, Ontario">Muskoka, Ontario</a>, when they were on a boat owned by O'Leary and operated at the time by Linda. The O'Learys' boat collided with another one and a 64-year-old man and 48-year-old woman on that vessel were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Leary said in a statement that he was cooperating with the police investigation and that the other boat did not have its lights on and "fled the scene".<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The police stated that both boats left the scene to "attend a location and both parties called 911."<sup id="cite_ref-called911_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-called911-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 24, Linda O'Leary was charged with "careless operation of a vessel" under the small vessel regulations of the <i><a href="/wiki/Canada_Shipping_Act" title="Canada Shipping Act">Canada Shipping Act</a></i>, a charge that carries maximum 18 months imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. The driver of the other boat, Richard Ruh of <a href="/wiki/Orchard_Park,_New_York" title="Orchard Park, New York">Orchard Park, New York</a>, was charged with "failing to exhibit navigation light while underway".<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 11, the <a href="/wiki/Public_Prosecution_Service_of_Canada" title="Public Prosecution Service of Canada">Public Prosecution Service of Canada</a> ruled out jail time for Linda.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 14, 2021, Linda was found not guilty of careless operation of the vessel.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_O%27Leary&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Cold Hard Truth: On Business, Money & Life</i>. Doubleday Canada. 2011. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0385671743" title="Special:BookSources/978-0385671743">978-0385671743</a></li> <li><i>Cold Hard Truth on Men, Women & Money</i>. Doubleday Canada. 2012. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-385-67850-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-385-67850-6">978-0-385-67850-6</a></li> <li><i>Cold Hard Truth on Family, Kids and Money</i>. 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Kevin O'Leary who's called Boston 'home' says his priority is Canada"</a>. Global News. 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