The world’s biggest YouTuber MrBeast has shared that several billionaires have hit him up after he floated the idea of buying TikTok to save it from a U.S. ban.
On Monday, the content creator, Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast), wrote, “Okay, fine, I’ll buy TIk Tok so it doesn’t get banned.”
This comes as ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, faces an ultimatum: sell TikTok or get kicked out of the U.S. market.
The next day, MrBeast popped back online saying, “Unironically I’ve had so many billionaires reach out to me since I tweeted this, let’s see if we can pull this off.”
More recently on Wednesday, MrBeast took to TikTok to confirm he’s not just talking – he’s taking action.
“Just got out a meeting with a bunch of billionaires. TikTok, we mean business,” he declared. “This is my lawyer right here, we have an offer ready for you. We wanna buy the platform, America deserves TikTok! Give me a seat at the table, let me save this platform, TikTok!”
Reports from TMZ suggest that MrBeast, worth around $500 million, would snag a piece of TikTok’s pie if his deal works out. While several investor groups are showing interest, it’s not clear how big his slice would be. Unlike Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter (now X), this would be a different ball game.
But here’s the reality check – TikTok’s price tag is a whopping $300 billion, way beyond MrBeast’s reach.
The clock is ticking since Biden signed a law that’ll kick TikTok out of the U.S. if ByteDance doesn’t sell by Sunday. This whole drama started under Trump, with officials pointing fingers at ByteDance’s Beijing connections as a security risk.
Plot twist: Trump’s now asking the Supreme Court to push back the ban deadline.
