American YouTuber, media personality and businessman (born 1998)
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He turned counting to 100,000 into a career blueprint: challenge videos scaled to absurd extremes, wrapped in giveaways so large they became their own spectacle. The most-subscribed individual channel on YouTube didn't grow by accident—it grew by making the stakes impossible to scroll past.
Jimmy Donaldson started uploading in 2012 from Greenville, North Carolina, posting Let's Plays and guesses at other creators' earnings. The 2017 counting video changed the trajectory—suddenly tens of thousands watched, and the production values ratcheted up to match. He pulled in longtime friends, spun out companion channels, and built Beast Industries around the formula. Co-founded Team Trees in 2019 (over $24 million raised), Team Seas ($30 million), Team Water in 2025 ($40 million). Launched MrBeast Burger, Feastables, Lunchly. Four Streamy Creator of the Year awards, Time 100 twice, Forbes…
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I don't party. I barely have friends. And there is a risk: I look back when I'm 50 and I'm like, 'Damn, I literally only did that one thing and nothing else.
I want to be the biggest YouTube channel ever. Not even for my ego. It just gives me something to strive for, to get out of bed and grind for. But it’s also just vanity.
I'm borrowing money. That's how little money I have.
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