Mike Lindell Is Stepping Down as MyPillow CEO After 22 Years to Run for Governor of Minnesota

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell is trading the executive suite for the campaign trail, announcing he will leave the company he built to make a run for governor of Minnesota.

He’s handing off the pillow empire he built in 2004 and cutting his stake to a minority, all to chase a job he doesn’t have yet.

His own party is questioning whether he even lives in the state he wants to run.

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