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In reply to the discussion: Is anyone as sick as I am of "My Pillow" commercials? [View all]Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)1. Yes, but there's an interesting back story to Mike Lindell
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/20/how-mypillow-founder-went-from-crack-addict-to-self-made-millionaire.html
Mike Lindell says there aren't many crack addicts who've become successful, but he's one of them.
"It can be done, people," he laughed.
The self-made multimillionaire and infomercial superstar created the MyPillow empire from scratch in 2004. He did it while addicted to drugs. "People say all the time that's one of the biggest miracles ever."
He's been clean and sober for over eight years, but his path from rags to riches and almost back to rags is an amazing American success story.
It is also one long, strange trip.
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Mike Lindell says there aren't many crack addicts who've become successful, but he's one of them.
"It can be done, people," he laughed.
The self-made multimillionaire and infomercial superstar created the MyPillow empire from scratch in 2004. He did it while addicted to drugs. "People say all the time that's one of the biggest miracles ever."
He's been clean and sober for over eight years, but his path from rags to riches and almost back to rags is an amazing American success story.
It is also one long, strange trip.
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He's also a Trumpanzee who made false claims about the benefits of his pillows.
Lisa0825
Jan 2018
#7
Consumer Reports didn't like his pillows but I think it was more of an informal
brewens
Jan 2018
#10