A YouTube sensationknown for giving away large sums of money hasrevealed just how much he believes his viral videocompany isworth.
YouTube star JimmyDonaldson, better known by his creator name "MrBeast" runs one of the most popular channels on Alphabet Inc's GOOG YouTube platform.
Famous for giving awaymoney and high-value prizesto unsuspecting subscribers, Donaldson is one of YouTube's biggest earners and biggest givers.Many of hisfollowers have long made guesses as tojust how much money his online video businessand related companies areworthand he'sfinally revealed exactly how much that might be.
What To Know: According to an Insider report from late September, Donaldson unveiled that he once turned down a $1 billion offer for the MrBeast brand.
During an interview on the Flagrant podcast, heprovided an estimated future valuation for hisYouTube company turned creativeempire,whichincludes a Beast branded mobile game, a restaurant,chocolate bars and more.
"It's so crazy, I don't even want to say it …it would probably be like $10 billion, $20 billion," Donaldson said on the show.
Although MrBeast has created a mobile app to stage one of his crazy stunts(ittracked who could keep their finger pressed on the app for the longest), the app he'sreferring to is a mobile strategy game thathe hasplanned for sometime down the road.
That's just one of several viral videos that have been featured on MrBeast's channel. He's given away millions in cash, several Teslavehicles, an island, and in his most recent video, the gift of sight.
Two weeks ago, Donaldson paid for1,000 blind people to havecataract surgery.The video features several clips of thepatients across the worldremoving bandages and experiencing clear vision, some for the first time.
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MrBeast crossed the 100 million subscriber mark on YouTube in July 2022 and that number has already climbed to133 million at the time of writing.
Just like his estimated $10 to $20 billion valuation for the umbrella of MrBeast-branded companies, Donaldson expects the price tag on his empire to continue to skyrocket.
"In the future I think it could be worth way more," Donaldson told the "Flagrant" podcast hosts.
One of the hostsnoted that he was shockedWalt Disney Co DIS had notoffered him the"craziest check in history." Another host noted that MrBeast is worth more thanMeta PlatformsInc's META WhatsApp.
Meta acquired the messaging appin October 2014 forapproximately$16 billion, including$4 billionin cash and approximately$12 billionworth ofFacebookshares. It's worth significantly more today.
He could see MrBeast being worth more than WhatsApp in five years, maybe 10, hesaid,noting, however,that that's not hismain goal. The 24-year-old YouTuberhas pledged to give away all of his money before he dies: "every single penny," he saidin a tweet last month.
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