Mrbeast, Top YouTuber In the world with the number of subscribers, it is reported to be in talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in a round of fundraising that would give his company a $ 5 billion rating.
The 26-year-old YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has talked to numerous financial firms and rich individuals for possible investments, according to a Bloomberg report Issued Wednesday. It is not yet clear who will invest because the talks are in their preliminary stages.
Donaldson is reported to be raising money to find a holding company or a parent company that owns and controls its various businesses, including chocolate brand holidays, Rosticer's business lunch and its video production company. According to Bloomberg sources, Donaldson's businesses are already profitable, generating more than $ 400 million in combined sale last year.
Donaldson has raised money in the past for his companies. For example, YouTuber Launching holidays In January 2022, increasing $ 5 million In the same month for the company with a $ 50 million rating.
Lunch, in which Donaldson began September 2024has not yet set up a round of funding.
It is unclear what is the total value of Donaldson's businesses, or how much money has generally raised so far to help them finance them.
Jimmy Donaldson. Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images
Who is Mrbeast?
Jimmy Donaldson, 26, is best known His YouTube channelwhich he started in 2012. He gained popularity for his high -budget videos, which captures the attention that gathered hundreds of millions of views and won 368 million subscribers at the time of writing.
His most popular videos include ”$ 456,000 Real life squid dollars!“Which has over 750 million views and”Last to leave the circle wins $ 500,000“With nearly 500 million views.
He created “Beast Games”, his appearance of his games at Amazon Prime Exclusive, with a budget of $ 100 million, and scored in a “Diary of a CEO“The Podcast episode was released earlier this month, that the show passed the budget, and he spent” tens of millions “dollars of his money to make the difference.
His efforts were paid: Beast games became Amazon's most watched show 50 million viewers in 25 days. The last episode of the first season aired on February 13th. Donaldson told Bartlett that the show is still receiving 700,000 new viewers every day.
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