MrBeast, Internet’s Top Creator, Joins New Bid to Buy TikTok
- YouTube star is part of investor group run by Jesse Tinsley
- TikTok has less than three months to sell or face a US ban
MrBeast, with more than 346 million subscribers on YouTube, adds another high-profile name to the mix of interested buyers for TikTok.
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MrBeast, the internet’s most-followed and highest-earning content creator, has joined a new bid to buy TikTok.
The YouTube star, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is part of a group of American investors assembled by tech entrepreneur Jesse Tinsley that is vying to buy TikTok’s US business before a possible ban.