{"id":17569,"date":"2025-09-11T08:47:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T08:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/?p=17569"},"modified":"2025-09-11T08:47:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T08:47:28","slug":"charlie-kirk-ceo-of-turning-point-usa-has-died-in-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/charlie-kirk-ceo-of-turning-point-usa-has-died-in-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk, CEO of Turning Point USA, Has Died in Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The CEO and co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-shutdown-charlie-kirk-turning-point-afb64a04493ddf44df3b7338536a6524\">Turning Point USA<\/a>, a conservative youth organization, was killed after being shot on Wednesday at an event in Utah. He was 31 years old.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced the news on <a href=\"http:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115181934991844419\">Truth Social<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"667\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/images\/misc\/1757539170_Charlie-Kirk-2216875659.jpg?width=1000\" style=\"height:667px; width:1000px\" width=\"1000\"\/><sup>Charlie Kirk at the White House on May 28, 2025. Photo by Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115181934991844419\/embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kirk founded Turning Point USA when he was 18 years old. By 2023, the company&#8217;s revenue had reached <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7096594\/charlie-kirk-conservative-activist-republican-donald-trump-campaign-figure\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">$81.7 million, per TIME,<\/a> and he garnered millions of followers by hosting debates and podcasts to showcase all viewpoints on college campuses. His YouTube page alone has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RealCharlieKirk\">four million<\/a> subscribers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/utah-valley-university-charlie-kirk-shooting-updates\">The AP<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/now\/video\/fbi-director-patel-says-charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-is-in-custody-247321669538\">NBC<\/a> had previously reported that a person of interest was in custody, citing FBI Director Kash Patel&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1965903392934633587\">initial statement<\/a> on X. Later in the evening on Wednesday, the FBI Director released <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1965928054712316363\">an additional statement<\/a> saying that &#8220;the subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement.&#8221; Per the <a href=\"http:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/utah-valley-university-charlie-kirk-shooting-updates\">AP&#8217;s reporting<\/a>, authorities are searching for a new person of interest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/images\/misc\/1757538982_Charlie-Kirk-2234078577.jpg?width=1000\" style=\"height:1000px; width:1000px\" width=\"1000\"\/><sup>Photo by Yilmaz Yucel\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><i>This is a breaking news story and will be updated. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"first-letter:float-left first-letter:text-8xl first-letter:pr-1 first-letter:-mt-1 first-letter:font-black first-letter:text-gray-500 prose prose-blue max-w-3xl text-lg leading-relaxed mb-12\">\n<p>The CEO and co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-shutdown-charlie-kirk-turning-point-afb64a04493ddf44df3b7338536a6524\">Turning Point USA<\/a>, a conservative youth organization, was killed after being shot on Wednesday at an event in Utah. He was 31 years old.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced the news on <a href=\"http:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115181934991844419\">Truth Social<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"667\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/images\/misc\/1757539170_Charlie-Kirk-2216875659.jpg?width=1000\" style=\"height:667px; width:1000px\" width=\"1000\"\/><sup>Charlie Kirk at the White House on May 28, 2025. Photo by Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"justify-center bg-gray-100 flex flex-col sm:flex-row rounded-lg p-6 align-middle sm:text-left text-center\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col justify-center align-middle mr-0 sm:mr-16\">\n<p class=\"text-sm leading-5 my-0\">\n      The rest of this article is locked.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-xl text-black font-bold leading-5 my-1\">\n      Join Entrepreneur<span class=\"text-yellow-500\">+<\/span> today for access.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/charlie-kirk-ceo-of-turning-point-usa-has-died-in-utah\/496989\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, a conservative youth organization, was killed after being shot on Wednesday at an event in Utah. He was 31 years old. President Donald Trump announced the news on Truth Social. Charlie Kirk at the White House on May 28, 2025. 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