60 Facts About Mike Lindell

Michael James Lindell, known as the My Pillow Guy and Mike Pillow, is an American businessman, political activist, and conspiracy theorist.

Mike Lindell is the founder and CEO of My Pillow, a pillow, bedding, and slipper manufacturing company.

Mike Lindell was born on June 28,1961, in Mankato, Minnesota.

Mike Lindell says he began to develop a gambling addiction in his teenage years.

Mike Lindell attended the University of Minnesota after high school, but dropped out a few months into his studies.

Mike Lindell became addicted to and a frequent user of cocaine in his 20s.

Mike Lindell said that he achieved sobriety through prayer in 2009.

Mike Lindell invented My Pillow, a pillow filled with pieces of shredded foam that interlock, in 2004.

Mike Lindell named his son Darren as the company's chief operating officer in 2020, citing his own possible future political ambitions.

In September 2024, Mike Lindell faced controversy when MyPillow announced a sale of their classic pillow for a price of $14.88, which critics have noted is a common Nazi dog whistle known as the Fourteen Words.

Mike Lindell has denied that there was any hidden meaning behind the price.

Mike Lindell operates two web sites under the Frank brand: Frank, focused on video streaming, and the social network FrankSocial.

Mike Lindell described the site as a cross between YouTube and Twitter that would be different from Gab and Parler.

Mike Lindell has said he has spent millions of dollars developing Frank.

All the various products and ventures Mike Lindell has going on, whether it's a pseudo-documentary film or a social media platform, are very expensive endeavors.

Mike Lindell had 308 followers there as of April 21,2022, more than any other user.

Mike Lindell founded the Mike Lindell Foundation, a non-profit organization that assists former addicts in getting treatment and other services.

In 2019, Mike Lindell launched the Mike Lindell Recovery Network, which connects addicts with others who have gone through drug addiction and the recovery process, as well as faith-based treatment centers and other recovery organizations.

Mike Lindell met with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in August 2016 and became an avid supporter.

Mike Lindell called Trump "the most amazing president this country has ever seen in history" after his 2016 election victory.

Mike Lindell attended the final presidential debate in Las Vegas on October 19,2016.

Mike Lindell spoke at a Trump campaign rally in Minneapolis on November 6,2016, and attended the Official Donald Watch Party on November 8.

Mike Lindell attended Trump's inauguration and Trump gave him an inauguration lapel pin as a personal gift.

Mike Lindell sat next to Trump at an industry roundtable event at the White House in 2017.

Mike Lindell spoke at a Trump rally on October 4,2018, in Rochester, Minnesota.

Mike Lindell delivered a speech at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference, in which he said that Trump was "the greatest president in history" and had been "chosen by God".

Mike Lindell met with Trump and a Trump staffer to discuss opioid addiction in 2019.

Mike Lindell was present when Trump signed a bipartisan bill that addressed the growing opioid crisis and attempted to prevent opioid abuse and deadly overdoses.

Mike Lindell had considered running for governor of Minnesota in 2022 against Democratic incumbent Tim Walz, reportedly at Trump's urging.

Mike Lindell attended a Republican Governors Association meeting, at which he was encouraged to run.

Mike Lindell became the campaign chair for Trump's reelection campaign in Minnesota in May 2020.

In November 2020, Mike Lindell was among those who contributed toward paying the bail of the Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse.

Mike Lindell later said that he had donated to "The Fight Back Foundation Inc to help fund election fraud litigation, among other things" and that reports that he had paid $50,000 for Rittenhouse's bail were "fake news".

Mike Lindell rejoined Twitter in May 2022, circumventing a Twitter ban on his former account.

Mike Lindell announced that he was running for Chair of the Republican National Committee in November 2022.

In 2020, Mike Lindell promoted the use of oleandrin, a cardiotoxic substance produced by oleanders, as a treatment for COVID-19, including arranging a pitch meeting between then-President Donald Trump and Andrew Whitney, a fellow board member of biopharmaceuticals company Phoenix Biotechnology.

Mike Lindell claimed that oleandrin was shown to be safe in a study when, in reality, there is no scientific evidence that oleandrin is a safe or effective coronavirus treatment.

Mike Lindell helped sponsor a bus tour that sought to challenge the election results.

Mike Lindell attended this rally but did not go to the Capitol.

On January 15,2021, Mike Lindell carried a document into the West Wing of the White House; the document, as seen in an enhanced photo, appeared to refer to martial law, the Insurrection Act, and replacing Gina Haspel with Trump loyalist Kash Patel as the CIA director.

Mike Lindell promoted a conspiracy theory which falsely claimed that voting machine companies Smartmatic and Dominion conspired with foreign powers to rig voting machines to steal the election from Trump.

Network anchor Bob Sellers tried to stop Mike Lindell from making his claims; Sellers then read a disclaimer before walking off the set mid-interview.

On January 25,2021, Twitter permanently banned Mike Lindell for perpetuating the unsubstantiated claim that Trump won the 2020 election.

Mike Lindell purchased three hours of airtime on One America News Network, which had been threatened with legal action, to broadcast Absolute Proof, a documentary that makes false claims about the election, on February 5,2021.

In March 2021, Mike Lindell said on Steve Bannon's War Room: Pandemic podcast that he would counter-sue Dominion in cases for himself and My Pillow, accusing Dominion of racketeering and election interference.

Mike Lindell filed a civil suit against Dominion and Smartmatic in June 2021.

Reporter Donie O'Sullivan brought cybersecurity expert Harri Hursti to the conference, and Hursti said that Mike Lindell's purported evidence was a "pile of nothing" and found no proof of election fraud.

In connection with the Cyber Symposion, Mike Lindell claimed a certain dataset showed Chinese interference in the 2020 election, and offered $5 million to anyone who could prove otherwise.

Mike Lindell provided a detailed list of IP addresses he asserted had been compromised.

County Clerk Mike Lindell Rosedale responded that all county voting machines were fully airgapped from the Internet, noting that seven Idaho counties do not use voting machines.

Mike Lindell alleged that a specific formula had been applied by hackers to flip votes from Trump to Biden.

Rosedale said Mike Lindell had not contacted his office before presenting his allegations.

Chief Deputy Secretary of State Chad Houck said Mike Lindell would be sent a bill for the audits.

In January 2022, Mike Lindell said that he possessed "enough evidence to put everybody in prison for life, 300-some million people" for their part in the alleged 2020 election fraud, which, at the time, was about 91 percent of the US population.

Mike Lindell attended the 2024 Democratic National Convention, at which he falsely claimed that there were 257,000 votes missing from the 2020 election.

Mike Lindell married Dallas Yocum in June 2013 and filed for divorce in mid-July 2013 after she left him.

Mike Lindell is an evangelical Christian and received an honorary Doctor of Business from Liberty University in 2019.

In January 2021, the Daily Mail published a story stating that Mike Lindell had a nine-month relationship with actress Jane Krakowski between late 2019 and the summer of 2020.

Mike Lindell, represented by attorney Charles Harder, sued the Daily Mail, alleging libel.

In March 2021, Mike Lindell said on The Domenick Nati Show that he was no longer living in Minnesota and was not attending in-person events over safety concerns.