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Kevin O'Leary. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

Tv-profilen vill köpa Tiktok: ”Är en otrolig möjlighet”

Den kanadensiska affärsmannen Kevin O’Leary, känd som en av investerarna i tv-programmet ”Shark Tank”, är intresserad av att köpa den amerikanska delen av Tiktok.

– En otrolig möjlighet, säger han i kanadensiska CBC.

Han berättar att hans vision är att skapa världens största tv-nätverk.

Även till CNBC säger O’Leary att han ”skulle älska” att landa ett avtal med den kinesiska ägaren Bytedance. Men han tillägger att det inte är möjligt under rådande lagstiftning, med tanke på förra veckans beslut från USA:s högsta domstol.

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Kevin O'Leary
Wikipedia (en)
Terrence Thomas Kevin O'Leary (born July 9, 1954), sometimes known as Mr. Wonderful, is a Canadian businessman, investor, television personality, journalist, and author. From 2004 to 2014, he appeared on various Canadian television shows, including the business news programs SqueezePlay and The Lang and O'Leary Exchange, as well as the Canadian reality television shows Dragons' Den and Redemption Inc. In 2008, he appeared on Discovery Channel's Project Earth. Since 2009, he has appeared on Shark Tank, the American version of Dragons' Den. O'Leary co-founded SoftKey Software Products, a technology company that sold software geared toward family education and entertainment. During the late 1980s and 1990s, SoftKey became a major consolidator in the global educational software market, having acquired rival companies via hostile takeover bids, such as Compton's New Media, the Learning Company, and Broderbund. SoftKey later changed its name to The Learning Company and was acquired by Mattel in 1999, with the sale making O'Leary a multimillionaire. Mattel promptly fired O'Leary, and the acquisition resulted in significant losses and multiple shareholder lawsuits. In 2017, he campaigned to be the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was a frontrunner in the polls during much of that time but dropped out in April 2017, one month before the election, citing a lack of support in Quebec.
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