Who is Kevin O'Leary?
A: Terence Thomas Kevin O'Leary is a Canadian businessman, entrepreneur,
author, political candidate, and television presenter.
O'Leary co-founded what technology company that sold
software geared toward family education and entertainment?
A: SoftKey Software Products.
During the late 1980s and 1990s, SoftKey acquired rival
companies via what?
A: Hostile takeover bids, such as Compton's New Media, The Learning Company,
and Brøderbund.
SoftKey later changed its name to what?
A: The Learning Company.
It was acquired by Mattel in 1999, with the sale making
O'Leary what?
A: A multimillionaire.
Mattel then fired him after the acquisition resulted in
what?
A: Significant losses and multiple shareholder lawsuits.
In 2017, he campaigned to be what?
A: The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
He was a frontrunner in the polls during much of that
time but dropped out in April 2017, one month before the
election, citing
what?
A: A lack of support in Quebec.
When was O'Leary born?
A: On 9 July 1954.
Where was he born?
A: In Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Due to his paternal heritage, O'Leary also holds what?
A: Irish citizenship and carries an Irish passport.
Where did O’Leary grow up?
A: In the Town of Mount Royal, Quebec.
His parents divorced when he was a child, largely due
to what?
A: His father's alcoholism.
His father died shortly after that when O'Leary was how
old?
A: Seven years old.
After his father's death, his mother ran the business
as a what?
A: An executive.
His mother later married an economist, George Kanawaty,
who worked where?
A: With the UN's International Labor Organization.
His stepfather's international assignments caused the
family to do what?
A: To move frequently, and O'Leary lived in many places while growing up,
including Cambodia, Ethiopia, Tunisia, and Cyprus.
O'Leary's mother was a skilled what?
A: Investor.
She kept her investment portfolio secret, so O'Leary
only discovered his mother's skill as an investor after what?
A: After her death, when her will was executed.
Many of his investment lessons came from his mother,
including the admonition to do what?
A: To save one-third of his money.
O'Leary had aspired to become a photographer, but on
the advice of his stepfather did what?
A: He attended university, where he continued to develop his interest in
business and investing.
He received an honors bachelor's degree in
environmental studies and psychology from where in 1977?
A: The University of Waterloo.
He received an MBA in what from the Ivey Business
School at the University of Western Ontario in 1980?
A: Entrepreneurship.