Kevin O'Leary

O'Leary, the self-styled Mr. Wonderful, is the kind of blunt operator I instinctively trust more than the smooth talkers. Born in Montreal in 1954, he has stacked an improbable resume as a winemaker, journalist, photographer, and financier, but it is his television persona that sticks: ruthless, occasionally harsh, yet rarely wrong on the fundamentals of money. He will not flatter you, and I find that refreshing in a culture full of sugarcoating. Still going strong past seventy, he is the abrasive uncle of business advice, the one who tells you the hard truth you actually needed to hear.

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Name (English)

Kevin O'Leary

Name (Japanese)

ケビン・オレアリー

Reading

けびん・おれありー

Born

July 9, 1954 (age 72)

Origin

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Occupation

winegrower / journalist / financier / photographer / businessperson

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Horse

High school

Nepean High School

University

University of Western Ontario

• Official sitehttps://kevin-oleary.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20O'Leary
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6397147

Tags

• Quebec
• winegrower
• journalist
• financier

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.