Mike Lindell is an American entrepreneur who is the founder and creator of MyPillow. Mike Lindell is a significant supporter of Mr. Donald Trump since 2016 during the presidential election.
Following Trump's 2016 victory, Mike claimed that Trump is the most influential president in that country ever had.
Mike Lindell's Political Connection With Donald Trump
Mike Lindell met Trump in August 2016, while the former was the Republican presidential candidate, and quickly became a public supporter and major donor to his campaign, reports independent.co.uk.
Lindell attended the final presidential debate in October 2016, before speaking at a campaign rally for Trump and watching election night coverage at the official Donald Watch Party on 8 November.
At a rally for Trump following his 2016 presidential election victory, Lindell praised him, saying he will be 'the most amazing president this country has ever seen in history.'
After attending Trump’s inauguration as a guest on 20 January 2017, the former president gave Lindell an inauguration lapel pin as a personal gift, according to the Minneapolis/St Paul Business Journal.
Lindell was pictured sitting next to Trump at an industry roundtable event at the White House later that year and has continued to support the president at rallies in the years since.
However, Trump and Lindell caused controversy in 2020, when the MyPillow CEO promoted a fake coronavirus cure in several meetings and public appearances with the president.
Lindell also appeared at numerous public events with Trump in 2020 and announced at a White House press briefing last March that he was converting MyPillow production to produce up to 50,000 face masks for health workers on the front lines of the pandemic.
Lindell has repeated conspiracy theories forwarded by Trump and his supporters, most recently falsely claiming that members of Antifa were behind the Capitol riots, 'dressed as Trump people.'
Mike Lindell Is Married Twice; Who Are His Wives?
Mike Lindell didn't reveal his first wife's information. The couple was divorced after 20 years of marriage. Their divorce happened due to his alcohol, cocaine, and crack cocaine addiction at that time.
He and his first wife have four children - Heather Lueth, Lizzy Meyers, Darren Lindell, and Charlie Lindell.
After the divorce, Mike Lindell was married to Dallas Yocum in June 2013.
Mike Lindell and his second wife Dallas Yocum (©: glamourbiz.com)
Just a couple of weeks after his marriage, the former couple got divorced in mid-July 2013. Lindell recalled and told that Yocum was 'distant' and 'distraught' while they were out together. Lindell claimed his second wife told him:
"She looked at me while I was driving and said, I don't love you. I never loved you. You're boring. We don't have anything in common, and you've ruined the last two years of my life."
Mike Lindell then found another love with Kendra Reeves. The former couple met in 2014, and his ex-girlfriend encouraged Lindell to rely on his faith more.
A few years later, Lindell rediscovered his faith after attending a spiritual retreat, and everything changed dramatically for him. It's unclear that the couple were together till now, but Reeves has disappeared from Mike Lindell's social media account.
It is rumored that Mike Lindell and Jane Krakowski were dating in 2020. However, Krakowski, herself, shared in the hilarity, releasing a statement to People that she had never met the MyPillow CEO.
How Much Is Mike Lindell Net Worth?
Mike Lindell is the founder and creator of MyPillow, who has a net worth of $300 million.
In 1977, Mike had sleeping problems. His pillow would get hot, and he would toss and turn at night and wake up with a sore arm and a stiff neck. At that time, he thought that if the pillow is expensive, then it should be good.
In 1980, Mike began his own carpet cleaning business. From there, he has purchased his own launch wagon, and he went on to own several local bars and restaurants. Mike tried to develop a pillow, and it took one year to make a perfect pillow.
He tried to sell a pillow, and all the company turned down offered. Relative suggest him to set up a store in the mall. He sold 80 pillows to the customer; however, one customer liked the pillow, and he invited Lindell to have another spot.
During success business, Mike was addicted to cocaine, and at that time, his first marriage comes to an end, and he almost went bankrupt. On 16 January 2009, he was sober from his addiction, and he got his business blooming.
In 2011, his business started to uprising due to the attention he gets from the media. Since then, he sold 30 million pillows, and revenues have grown from around $100,000 a year to close to $300 million.
Lindell’s dream come true has had a couple of nightmares in the last year. First, California authorities sued the company for making unsubstantiated health claims. Then the Better Business Bureau revoked MyPillow’s A+ grade, turning it into an F.
It was political, and he was a supporter of Donald Trump. Despite that, he has run the business smoothly till now.