MrBeast Is Officially Bidding For TikTok

YouTube and TikTok star MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has made a surprising move by saying he and other investors want to buy TikTok. The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that TikTok must sell to a non-China company within 75 days or face a nationwide ban has led MrBeast to join a group of investors who want to buy the app.

Donaldson made people wonder when he posted on X, “Okay fine, I’ll buy TikTok so it doesn’t get banned.” But CNN later reported that his lawyer said the offer was real. In his TikTok video, MrBeast introduced his lawyer and announced, “We have a deal ready for you.” We mean business.”

Jesse Tinsley of Employer.com leads a group of investors who are both wealthy individuals and institutional investors. They want to keep TikTok running for its 170 million American users. The plan wants to protect national security while keeping TikTok working like it always has.

The app went down over the weekend while people waited to see what would happen to TikTok’s future. After President Trump signed an order delaying the ban, ByteDance still needs to sell its U.S. operations to keep running TikTok.

New groups are trying to buy TikTok, like “The People’s Bid for TikTok,” which has funding from people like Kevin O’Leary and Frank McCourt. Experts say TikTok’s American operations, not counting its algorithm, could be worth between $40 and $50 billion, but figuring out how much the algorithm is worth makes the sale talks harder.

Time is running out, and different companies are fighting to take over TikTok while it’s still possible. If MrBeast and his team can make a deal happen, it shows just how important TikTok is both culturally and financially.

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