Jul 23, 2024

O'Leary Ventures Chairman Kevin O'Leary shares his thoughts on the upcoming Presidential election in the U.S. and why his focus is on policy rather than politics. "I don't make money with politics," O'Leary said. "I make money with policy."

Video transcript

I think it'll be a very competitive race now. Um But it's really gonna boil down to a policy and we've, we've got to hear what, where the country wants to go. I think it wants to be in the center. I think it wants to be pro crypto, it wants to be pro digitization, pro economy. I'm always an advocate for entrepreneurship. 62% of our jobs in America are created by companies between five and 500 employees. So I want to see a lot of support for them. Um And then I will continue to do what I do. I mean, I'm kind of agnostic to politics. I don't make money with politics, I make money with policy. And I would suggest to everybody to think about that a little bit in, in the end, don't get emotionally involved in politics. That that's a fool's game because it changes all the time. If you say stay focused on policy, that's how you can actually become a good investor, a good manager, a good business owner. Um And you can pursue the American dream. It's all on policy.

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