Michael James Lindell is an American businessman. He is the founder and CEO of My Pillow, Inc. In August 2016, Lindell met with then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and became an avid supporter. He has considered running for governor of Minnesota in 2022 against Democratic incumbent Tim Walz, reportedly at Trump’s urging.
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Michael James Lindell is an American businessman. He is the founder and CEO of My Pillow, Inc. Lindell was born on June 28, 1961, in Mankato, Minnesota. He went to the University of Minnesota but dropped out shortly after starting. He was addicted to cocaine, crack cocaine, and alcohol, leading to the foreclosure of his house, and his wife filing for divorce. He achieved sobriety through prayer in 2009 and has been clean since then. In August 2016, Lindell met with then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and became an avid supporter. He has considered running for governor of Minnesota in 2022 against Democratic incumbent Tim Walz, reportedly at Trump’s urging. In May 2020, he became the campaign chair for Trump’s reelection campaign in Minnesota. In November 2020, Lindel was identified as among those who paid for the bail of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse.
In March 2020,Lindell said that his company’s bedding factories had been refocused on face mask production at the behest of the Trump administration. In a speech at Liberty University in August 2019, he called Trump ‘the greatest president in history’ and ‘chosen by God’ Lindell has a financial stake in Phoenix Biotechnology, a company that makes oleandrin, and sits on the board of its board of directors. He made a misleading statement about the testing of the substance in a television appearance, saying: ‘This thing works – it’s the miracle of all time’ He has also made unsubstantiated claims about a coronavirus cure for COVID-19, since there is no scientific evidence that is safe or effective.
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