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Sources:
his own videos, press and public records, Kevin's account (Sept 29, 2026)
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Short answer
He said it on camera on December 8, 2022, a month after the collapse: two FTX sponsorship deals in 2022 paid $118,000 and $59,287.50, and FTX still owed him $70,000 he expected never to see. He described the 2021 relationship as smaller. In the September 2026 Q&A he put the FTX total at under $140,000, which implies the $118,000 line was FTX and the second line another sponsor; the page prints both statements. Read that way, which is where the $2,500-per-mention disclosure and the roughly 3% of income figure come from. 12
Deal one, 2022: $118,000 (per his December 2022 video)
Deal two, 2022: $59,287.50
Still owed: $70,000 (which he expected never to collect)
Per mention: $2,500 (as disclosed in November 2022)
In his own video
On December 8, 2022, reacting to Kevin O’Leary’s CNBC interview about O’Leary’s own FTX payments, Kevin disclosed his:
Kevin’s account
FTX this year: sponsor number one, $118,000; sponsor number two, $59,287.50; and I am still owed apparently $70,000, which I expect I will never see. It is actually, for this year, substantially less than people assume. I really expanded my FTX partnership this year; last year was an even smaller partnership. 1
How it squares with the other figures
$2,500 per mention, disclosed in November 2022, multiplied out across a year of mentions lands in the same range. His statement that FTX was about 3% of that year’s income implies income near $6 million, consistent with the CNBC-reported figures for 2020 and 2021. 2
What this page settles
The compensation question that the class action raised and that the in-progress FTX page still lists. What it does not settle: his due diligence before signing, and when he first grew concerned. Those remain on that page.
From the September 29, 2026 Q&A
Kevin’s account
Question 43, FTX total compensation: under $140,000. 3
That sits between the two lines in his December 2022 video, $118,000 and $59,287.50, which suggests the second line was a different sponsor and the FTX figure is the first, plus the $70,000 never paid. Both statements are his; the page prints both.
About $177,000 in 2022, plus $70,000 FTX never paid. He put the numbers on YouTube himself a month after the collapse. 12
Simply put
✅ The numbers
➡️ Two deals: $118,000 and $59,287.50.
➡️ FTX still owed $70,000 when it went bankrupt. He wrote it off.
✅ Where they come from
➡️ His own video on December 8, 2022, reacting to Kevin O'Leary's CNBC interview about what O'Leary was paid.
Sources
Kevin on YouTube, "How Much FTX Paid Kevin O'Leary and Meet Kevin." (2022-12-08), at 10:54: “FTX this year, sponsor number one 118,000, sponsor number two fifty nine thousand two hundred eighty seven fifty, and I'm still owed apparently seventy thousand dollars which I expect I'll never see” Watch from 10:54
Wikipedia, Kevin Paffrath ($2,500 per mention disclosed November 2022; about 3% of that year's income), Open
Kevin's account (Sept 29, 2026), Question 43, FTX total Read the excerpt
