Nina Marinovic - Entrepreneur Research Assignment: Kevin O'Leary
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1986 - He founds SoftKey Software Products (National Speakers Bureau)1977 - Finishes undergraduate studies at University of Waterloo (Britannica Money)1980 - Receives an MBA from the Ivey Business School (Britannica Money)1954 - Kevin O'Leary is born in Montreal, Canada on July 9 (Britannica)1961 - His father, Terry O'Leary, passes away (Canadian Family Offices)1884 - He forms Special Effects Television Network (Canadian Family Offices)1988 - He sells Special Events Television Network (Canadian Family Offices)Early 1990s - Softkey becomes known as one of the fastest-growing companies in Canada (Britannica Money)1995 - SoftKey bought The Learning Company and assumed its name (Britannica Money)1999 - He sells The Learning Company to Mattel for $4.2 billion (Canadian Family Offices)1999 - 2000 - Mattel's profits dropped after acquiring TLC and then he left the company (Britannica Money)2008 - He set up a mutual fund named "O'Leary Funds" (Britannica Money)2016 - He sells O'Leary funds to Canoe Financial (Canadian Family Offices)2006 - He joins Dragons' Den (National Speakers Bureau)2008 - He appeared on Project Earth on the Discovery Channel (National Speakers Bureau)2009 -> Onwards - He joins the show Shark Tank and has been a permanent member of the cast since then (Canadian Family Offices)January of 2017 - He ran for leadership of the Canadian Conservative Party (Britannica Money)April of 2017 - He dropped out of the race, stating he wouldn't be able to win the 2019 election (Britannica Money
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