Kevin O'Leary
Chairman at O'Leary Ventures
Kevin O'Leary
Chairman at O'Leary Ventures
West Palm Beach, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
Strategic Partner
2023 - Current
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Founder
2013
O’Leary Financial Group is a group of brands and products that share Kevin O’Leary’s guiding principles for business, including honesty, directness, and, above all, great value. Each member of O’Leary Financial is continually evaluated to ensure that it meets these standards. To learn more, please visit http://www.olearyfinancial.com.
Chairman
2015
O’Shares ETF Investments TM provides ETFs for long-term wealth management, with an emphasis on quality across our family of ETFs. The O’Shares ETFs are designed for investors with objectives ranging from wealth preservation and income to growth and capital appreciation. Each O’Shares ETF reflects our rules-based investment philosophy, including quality as an important characteristic. At O’Shares, we prefer the ETF form of investment fund for cost-effective, tax-efficient, and transparent access to investment portfolios. Our measures of quality include profitability, cash earnings, and strong balance sheets, aiming to serve investors by keeping investing simple, straightforward and easy to understand. O’Shares ETFs are all managed according to rules-based indexes, and all are listed on Cboe Global Markets.
Strategic Investor
2021
WonderFi simplifies user interaction with the emerging area of decentralized finance, and abstracts complexities which are preventing mainstream adoption of DeFi. With WonderFi, we seek to empower users to learn about, analyze and interact with DeFi in a simple way. Our core team of seasoned engineers takes a technology-first and data driven approach, leading with our flagship platform, a proprietary dashboard which integrates with the entire Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ecosystem WonderFi is backed by a team of experienced builders in Fintech with institutional experience, and the best technology talent.
Chairman
2018
Beanstox TM is an automated internet-based investment advisory service to help people reach their financial goals, using the Beanstox App.
Investor, Strategic Advisor
2020
Tax Hive is a leading source for business tax preparation, estate planning and asset protection. They believe in forward taxation planning so business owners are not doing their taxes in the “rearview mirror.” Tax Hive clients have year-round access to professional CPAs and tax filers without the hourly cost. Kevin has joined Tax Hive as their strategic advisor, partner and investor. To learn more, please visit https://taxhive.com/.
Strategic Advisor
2020
StartEngine is a leading equity crowdfunding platform in the U.S., connecting everyday investors with tomorrow’s progressive companies. Utilizing its expertise in regulated exempt offerings under the Securities Act, StartEngine has helped more than 550 companies raise capital and has over 1,000,000 registered users. Kevin has joined StartEngine as their Strategic Advisor, a paid spokesperson, and a shareholder.
TV Personality on "Shark Tank"
2009
"Shark Tank" is a business reality television series by acclaimed TV producer Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice) that airs on ABC Network. As one of the “Sharks,” Kevin O'Leary, and four other prominent executives, listen to business pitches from everyday people who hope to launch their company or product to new heights. Investing his own money in every project, Kevin O'Leary becomes partners with the entrepreneurs and helps them turn their aspirations into a reality. Millions of viewers tune into the show as Kevin offers his blunt, outspoken critiques and no-nonsense entrepreneurial mastery.
Chairman
2000
President
1994 - 2002