Here's How Much The MyPillow Guy Is Really Worth

Mike Lindell's rise as the MyPillow king came with tremendous hardships, solidifying the fact that he truly is a self-made millionaire (take that, Kylie Jenner). What makes his success even more shocking? The fact that the entrepreneur was addicted to drugs while starting up his business. "People say all the time that's one of the

Mike Lindell's rise as the MyPillow king came with tremendous hardships, solidifying the fact that he truly is a self-made millionaire (take that, Kylie Jenner). What makes his success even more shocking? The fact that the entrepreneur was addicted to drugs while starting up his business. "People say all the time that's one of the biggest miracles ever," mused Lindell to CNBC in 2017.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Lindell began his downward spiral in the early '80s with cocaine abuse, transitioning to crack in the '90s. As the outlet writes, "He was still deep into his addiction when a lifelong sleeping problem pointed him to his million-dollar idea." In 2004, the future business tycoon awoke from a dream one night and swiftly created his first MyPillow prototype — then unsuccessfully pitched it to various "chain stores."

By 2009, the devout Christian claims he hit rock bottom until he asked God for an intervention. "I had one prayer that night ... I woke up the next day — and you've got to realize this is years of crack addiction — I go, 'Wow, something's different,'" he told the Chicago Tribune.

Long story short, Lindell began churning out infomercials, and by 2011, business was finally booming. "I want to come across as an average guy, talking to his neighbor," he told Star Tribune back in 2013. Sure enough, it worked.

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