Terence Thomas Kevin O'Leary is a Canadian businessman, author, and television personality. He co-founded O'Leary Funds and SoftKey. He appeared on various Canadian television shows, including the business new programs SqueezePlay and The Lang and O'Leary Exchange, as well as the reality television shows Dragon's Den and Redemption Inc. He appeared on Discovery Channel's Project Earth. He has appeared on Shark Tank, the American equivalent of Dragons' Den.
Kevin O'Leary is famous for a businessman and television personality.
Kevin O'Leary was born on July 9, 1954, in Montreal, Canada. He holds Canadian nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. He was born to a father named Terry O'Leary and a mother named Georgette. He has a brother named Shane O'Leary. His parents divorced when he was a child. Most of his childhood years, he lived in Cambodia, Tunisia, and Cyprus. He was interested in photography and aspired to become a photographer as a child. He attended Stanstead College and St. George's School. Later, he received an honors bachelor's degree in environmental studies and psychology from the University of Waterloo. He has an MBA in entrepreneurship from the Ivey Business School.
Kevin O'Leary was firstly selected for an internship at Nabisco in 1979. After leaving Nabisco, he began a brief career as a television producer. With two of his former MBA classmate, Scott Mackenzie, and Dave Toms, he co-founded Special Event Television (SET). One of his partners later bought out his share of the venture for $25,000. After selling his share of SET, he started Softkey in a Toronto basement in 1986, along with business partners, John Freeman, and Gary Babcock. The software and personal-computer industries were growing rapidly in the early 1980s, and he convinced printer manufactures to bundle Softkey's program with their hardware. Softkey also acquired The Learning Company (TLC) for $606 million. He is also a co-investor and director at Storage Now Holdings. He has also co-founded O'Leary Funds Inc and O'Leary Ventures. He released his book titled Cold Hard Truth: On Business, Money & Life in 2011. He has also released Cold Hard Truth on Men, Women & Money and Cold Hard Truth on Family, Kids, and Money. He has 3 credits as an actor and has appeared in Dr. Ken. The Neighbors and Redemption Inc. He has appeared as himself on shows like Harry, Megyn Kelly Today, Shark Tank, and Good Morning America among others. He was involved in a fatal crash on Lake Joseph in Muskoka, Ontario. A 64-year-old man a 48-year-old woman died when a boat owned by O'Leary was involved in a collision with another boat. He said in a statement that he is cooperating with the police investigation, that he was a passenger in his boat, and that the other boat did not have its lights on and fled the scene. The police stated that both boats left the scene to attend a location and both parties called 911.
Kevin O'Leary has a height of 5 feet 9.5 inches (1.77 m) tall and body weight is unknown. He has black/grey hair and dark brown eyes.
Kevin O'Leary is a married man. He married Linda O'Leary in 1990. However, they separated in 2011 but resumed their marriage after two years. Linda works as the VP of Marketing for O'Leary Wines. They have two children from this relationship, Trevor and Savannah.
Kevin O'Leary has an estimated net worth of $400 million and his salary is unknown. He earns a good amount of money from his profession.