MrBeast, one of social media’s biggest stars, has the chance to become a part-owner in one of the world’s most popular social media platforms.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Jimmy Donaldson, AKA MrBeast, and his team are in convos with multiple parties who’ve expressed interest in buying TikTok.
We’re told the way wealthy investor groups see it … if they end up acquiring the U.S. operations of TikTok, they’ll need someone to help maintain and expand the business. With MrBeast’s unique success on social media, he could be a great partner.
Per our sources familiar with the ongoing conversations, MrBeast would hypothetically invest in the company and secure equity, becoming a minority owner. But, it’s premature to speculate how much ownership he would have.
On Monday night, MrBeast took to X — offering to buy TikTok so it doesn’t get banned in the U.S. He gave an update earlier today, saying billionaires have been reaching out to him.
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To be clear, no deal between MrBeast and potential ownership groups has materialized. There is also a decent chance TikTok’s parent, ByteDance, won’t sell to anyone in the U.S.
The deadline for the popular app — which has more than 170 million American users — to be sold by its Chinese parent company before it’s banned in the U.S. is less than a week away. Tick … tock.