Kevin O’Leary, known to millions as Shark Tank’s “Mr. Wonderful,” has helped shepherd countless businesses and start-ups to success, including O’Leary Funds and O’Leary Ventures.
A celebrated entrepreneur and financial expert, he has authored multiple best-selling books on business and investing, sharing his hard-earned wisdom with audiences around the world. O’Leary has over 10 million social media followers across multiple platforms including 1.4 million on TikTok, many of them entrepreneurial small business owners.
Earlier this year, O’Leary expressed interest in working with other investors to purchase TikTok, highlighting his belief in the need for change on the platform and its potential to drive meaningful social and economic impact for many Americans. O’Leary’s crowdfunding effort for individuals to register interest at WonderfulTikTok.com will now be folded into The People’s Bid, which will help ensure individuals and small businesses have a stake in the future of TikTok.
Yahoo Finance – 17/01/2025 (07:06)
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The deadline for Chinese company ByteDance to divest into TikTok US or face a nationwide ban is quickly approaching. O’Leary Ventures chairman Kevin O’Leary, who is part of a group looking to buy TikTok, joins Asking for a Trend Josh Lipton to discuss why he’s invested in maintaining TikTok in the US.
O’Leary talks about meeting with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss the looming TikTok ban, saying he told the former president, “What I care about the most are the six plus million entrepreneurs that make a living and support their families with TikTok … Those are two generations of Shark Tankers, as I call them.”
The venture capitalist says the group has “put out an indication of what we think it’s worth, around $20 billion” to take over TikTok.
Watch the video above to learn more about O’Leary’s efforts to save TikTok in the ninth hour.
OnAir Post: Kevin O’Leary
