Kevin O'Leary was paid $15 million to be FTX's spokesperson.

FTX paid Kevin O'Leary $15 million to serve as their spokesperson

Kevin O'Leary of "Shark Tank" claimed that FTX paid him $15 million to be the company's spokesman, but he lost nearly all of it when the crypto exchange went bankrupt. In an interview with CNBC on Thursday, O'Leary revealed that he invested about $9.7 million of his spokesman check in crypto tokens through his FTX account, which has since been depleted following the collapse of the exchange last month. He had $1 million in FTX equity, which is also now worthless. O'Leary stated that the remaining $4 million from the transaction went to taxes and agent fees.