Kevin O'Leary (entrepreneur)
| Kevin O'Leary | |
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O'Leary in 2012
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| Born |
Terence Thomas Kevin O'Leary 9 July 1954 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Citizenship | |
| Alma mater |
Royal Military College Saint-Jean University of Waterloo (B.S.) University of Western Ontario (M.B.A.) |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Net worth | US$400 Million+ |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Linda (m. 1990) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Official website |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |
 Canada
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| Service/branch |
 Canadian Forces
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| Years of service | 1972-1974 |
| Rank | Officer Cadet |
Terence Thomas Kevin O'Leary (born 9 July 1954) is a Canadian businessman, and television and radio personality. He co-founded O'Leary Funds and SoftKey. From 2004 to 2014, he appeared on various Canadian television shows, including the business news programmes SqueezePlay and The Lang and O'Leary Exchange, and the reality television shows Dragons' Den and Redemption Inc. Since 2009, he has appeared on the American equivalent of Dragons' Den, Shark Tank.
O'Leary co-founded SoftKey Software Products, a technology company that sold software geared toward family education and entertainment. During the late 1980s and 1990s, SoftKey acquired rival companies such as Compton's New Media, The Learning Company and Brøderbund. SoftKey later changed its name to The Learning Company and was acquired by The Mattel Toy Company in 1999, with the sale making O'Leary a multimillionaire. O'Leary was later fired by Mattel after the acquisition resulted in significant losses and multiple shareholder lawsuits.
He became a candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada which will be decided in May 2017.
O'Leary was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the son of Georgette (née Bukalam), a small-business owner and investor, and Terry O'Leary, a salesman. His father was Irish, and his mother was of Lebanese descent. Because of his father, O'Leary also holds Irish citizenship and carries an Irish passport.
O'Leary's parents divorced when he was a child, and his father died shortly thereafter. After his father's death, O'Leary's mother ran the business as an executive. His mother later married an economist who worked with the UN's International Labour Organization. His stepfather's international assignments caused the family to move frequently, and O'Leary lived in many places while growing up, including Cambodia, Tunisia, and Cyprus. O'Leary attended Quebec schools Stanstead College and St. George's School.
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