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

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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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