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My Take
What fascinates me about Lindell is the sheer force of will. A guy from small-town Minnesota who bet everything on a single product and built a real fortune from a pillow deserves credit for raw hustle, whatever you make of the rest. But his pivot from salesman to political crusader turned him into one of the most polarizing figures in America, and that Razzie for Worst Actor feels almost symbolic of how easily he became a punchline. To me he reads as someone whose greatest asset, total conviction, is also his biggest liability. He simply does not know how to stop, and that makes him endlessly watchable, for better or worse.
Overview
Michael James Lindell ( lin-DEL; born June 28, 1961), also known as the My Pillow Guy and Mike Pillow, is an American businessman, political activist, and conspiracy theorist. He is the founder and CEO of My Pillow, a pillow, bedding, and slipper manufacturing company. Lindell is a prominent supporter of and advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump. After Trump's defeat in the 2020 U.S.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mike Lindell
- Name (Japanese)
- マイク・リンデル
- Reading
- まいく・りんでる
- Born
- June 28, 1961 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Ox
- Origin
- Mankato, Minnesota, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- entrepreneur / film producer / philanthropist / writer / film screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Chaska High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2020 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://michaeljlindell.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/michaeljlindell/
- Xhttps://x.com/realMikeLindell
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Lindell
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.