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Kevin O'Leary

O'Leary Ventures
Venture Capital LinkedIn Twitter/X
#2
LinkedIn Rank
107,567
Benchmarker Score
180
Posts
78,896
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9,557
Comments
438
Avg Likes
53
Avg Comments
88,453
Total Engagement
491
Engagement Rate
28.4
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Daily
Posting Regularity
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1,170,415 followers

Data last refreshed: February 15, 2026

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Recent Posts

20 posts

It’s really complicated to build a data center. When you think about what @bitzerodotcom has done, they've gone through it already. They started from scratch in Norway with nothing and built all th...

Investment Thesis & Strategy Video (LinkedIn Source) Investment Thesis AI Infrastructure Crypto Infrastructure Feb 09, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Why do 80% of businesses fail in the first 36 months? Customer acquisition cost. If it costs you more to get a customer than they’re worth over their lifetime, you’re going bankrupt on ads. The mi...

Founder & Startup Advice Video (LinkedIn Source) Customer Acquisition Unit Economics Profitability Startup Failures Fundraising Feb 09, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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I look at this as an investor, not a politician. Canada and the U.S. are deeply connected, and tariffs hurt both sides. If we want growth, stability, and leverage against China, the solution is si...

Market Analysis & Trends Video (LinkedIn Source) Macroeconomics Regulation & Policy Feb 08, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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If you’re 20 and have $1,000, put it in a stock index and forget about it. Add to it every week. The market has delivered close to 10–12% a year over the long run. Start early, stay consistent, an...

Market Analysis & Trends Video (LinkedIn Source) Public Markets Feb 07, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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If you're Ethereum, Bitcoin, or any digital payment systems, if you don't have power, you got nothing. What I did recently is I sold twenty-seven crypto positions and just kept BTC and ETH, because...

Investment Announcements Video (LinkedIn Source) Crypto Investment Thesis Infrastructure Feb 06, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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As you look through the US right now, it's really hard to find a sustainable source of power that's sub six cents a kilowatt hour, and you're talking about Bitzero that's below four cents. It's bec...

Investment Thesis & Strategy Video (LinkedIn Source) Investment Thesis Clean Energy Infrastructure Crypto Feb 05, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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So when I was an operator, I did work 25 hours a day, and then I became an investor, and that changed my mind because I got to invest in many young men and women who have an alternative view of lif...

Founder & Startup Advice Video (LinkedIn Source) Work-Life Balance Founder Mental Health Operational Excellence Leadership Feb 05, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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We’d be talking between takes, totally normal and then he’d stand up, walk to camera, and Timothée was gone. Marty Mouser showed up. Watching that transformation in real time is something else. Yo...

Personal Journey & Reflections Video (LinkedIn Source) Media & Entertainment Feb 05, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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This is a speculation on my part, but I have to bet with my dollars this way. Next call is up to Carney, saying, "Hey, you gonna get involved in this? Get down here to the White House. Let's talk."...

Market Analysis & Trends Video (LinkedIn Source) Macroeconomics Regulation & Policy Public Markets Supply Chain Feb 05, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Crypto and AI all boils down to power. Everything else doesn't matter. If you don't have the power, you’re screwed. Half the data center announcements that you've heard of are never gonna get built...

Market Analysis & Trends Video (LinkedIn Source) AI Infrastructure Cloud Computing Crypto Industry Trends Feb 04, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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What’s the number one thing every entrepreneur has to master today? Social media. I don’t care how great your product is, if you don’t know how to create content and acquire customers online, you’...

Founder & Startup Advice Video (LinkedIn Source) Social Media Customer Acquisition Marketing Brand Building Feb 04, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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I used to brag about working 18 hours a day, and I was wrong. When I was building my first companies, I thought exhaustion was a badge of honor. In reality, it was unhealthy and unproductive. Burne...

Founder & Startup Advice Video (LinkedIn Source) Founder Mental Health Work-Life Balance Leadership Founder Journey Feb 04, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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China is eating our lunch on AI power. Period. You can dream about data centers in space and cities on Mars, and I love the vision, Elon executes, no question. But here on Earth, right now, we have...

Investment Thesis & Strategy Video (LinkedIn Source) Artificial Intelligence AI Infrastructure Infrastructure Investment Thesis Feb 04, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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I feel sorry for celebrities that wander into this kind of thing without doing at least a basic AI search. She got torched, but you know, do your homework first. There's a kernel of an idea sparked...

Personal Journey & Reflections Video (LinkedIn Source) Artificial Intelligence Media & Entertainment Creator Economy Feb 03, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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The arts make you a better businessperson. Chaos teaches judgment. Business is binary, you win or you lose. Too many great artists don’t understand money. That’s why unions like SAG matter. They p...

Personal Journey & Reflections Video (LinkedIn Source) Media & Entertainment Creator Economy Regulation & Policy Feb 03, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Let's remember one thing that I think is bipartisan, in the sense that the number one export of America is not energy, it's not technology, it's the American dream, and that is exactly what entrepr...

Thought Leadership & Future Outlook Video (LinkedIn Source) Founder Journey Feb 03, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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What's always lost in it is how much these individuals give back, from Warren Buffett on down. Just yesterday, Michael Dell, who's probably worth 50 billion, gave 6.2 billion back to the Trump acco...

Thought Leadership & Future Outlook Video (LinkedIn Source) ESG Feb 02, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Is it a watch… or something else entirely? Claudio D'Amore, CEO of @code41watches, shows me the MECASCAPE. A mechanical timepiece that looks more like a card than a watch. Ultra-flat. Fully skele...

Other Video (LinkedIn Source) Consumer Tech Hardware Feb 02, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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The fastest way to destroy your business in the first year? Believe your own numbers. Every founder has a hockey-stick forecast. It’s never right. Stay flexible, pivot, and preserve cash until you...

Founder & Startup Advice Video (LinkedIn Source) Pivoting Capital Efficiency Burn Rate & Runway Startup Metrics Feb 01, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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I’ve spent most of my career in education and here’s the hard truth: We improved math. We improved reading. We failed at financial literacy. Today, over 100 million Americans have no real plan for...

Thought Leadership & Future Outlook Video (LinkedIn Source) EdTech WealthTech Fintech Jan 31, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Rank History

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Content Categories

Market Analysis & Trends 54
Personal Journey & Reflections 42
Founder & Startup Advice 23
Other 22
Thought Leadership & Future Outlook 12

Topics & Themes

Regulation & Policy Macroeconomics Media & Entertainment Industry Trends Leadership Artificial Intelligence Founder Journey Infrastructure Public Markets AI Infrastructure Investment Thesis Crypto Retail Social Media Marketing Fintech Brand Building National Security Real Estate Advertising

Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 94 of 375 in Venture Capital

Posts
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Kevin: 328 ↑
Likes
20,660
Kevin: 199,015 ↑
Comments
1,510
Kevin: 22,359 ↑
Avg Likes
303.6
Kevin: 606.8 ↑
Avg Comments
21.7
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Benchmarker Score
25,190
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Posts/Week
2.9
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Avg Post Length
405 chars
Kevin: 474 ↑
Trending Topics (Top Quartile)
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