Biography
Jimmy Donaldson (born May 7, 1998) is an American YouTuber, media entrepreneur, and philanthropist known by his stage name MrBeast.
He started his YouTube/Vlogging career in 2012 at the age of 13. Over the years, he has grown his YouTube career and has over 164 million subscribers across his channels.
Additionally, MrBeast has a total of over 23 billion views on his YouTube channel.
American YouTuber
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| Real name: | Jimmy Donaldson |
| Stage name: | Mr. Beast |
| Born: | May 7, 1998 (age 26) |
| Place of birth: | Wichita, Kansas, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.90 minutes |
| Parents: | Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson |
| Siblings: | CJ Donaldson |
| Wife • Husband/wife: | Unmarried |
| Girlfriend • Partner: | Maddy Spidell |
| The children: | Do not have |
| Job: | YouTuber • Media personality |
| Net worth: | US$56 million-US$60 million |
Early life
MrBeast was born on May 7, 1998. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson, named him Jimmy Donaldson. He was born in Kansas State and spent his early childhood days in this city.
His formative years took place in Greenville, North Carolina. He has an older brother named CJ Donaldson.
MrBeast attended Greenville Christian Academy, a private school, for his high school diploma. He graduated from the school in 2016.
Education
After leaving high school, MrBeast became a college student at East Carolina University.
However, he dropped out of school without completing his bachelor’s degree.
Career
MrBeast’s YouTube career began in February 2012 when he uploaded his first video. He was thirteen years old at the time. His original account name was MrBeast6000. By July 2013, his channel had grown to 240 subscribers.
By 2015 and 2016, he began to gain popularity on YouTube and grew his subscriber count to 30,000. To focus on his growing content creation career, he decided to drop out of college. He became internationally famous after his “Counting to 100,000” video went viral on YouTube. The video had thousands of views in just a few days.
Over the years, he has expanded his content to include challenge and donation videos, videos with difficult missions and survival challenges, and original vlogs. To fuel the growth of the channel, he has hired many of his childhood friends to help run the brand. As of 2022, he has a team of 60 people.
His main YouTube channel, MrBeast, has over 94 million subscribers as of May 2022. He has side channels such as Beast Reacts, MrBeast Gaming, Mr Beast Shorts, and a charity-focused channel. He is one of the highest-paid YouTube content creators.
MrBeast is also an entrepreneur and has founded two brands, MrBeast Burger and Feastables. He is the co-founder of Team Trees and Team Seas, two fundraising programs for the Arbor Day Foundation and the Ocean Conservatory.
Social media
MrBeast has over 18.5 million Instagram followers and over 14.2 million followers.
- Instagram Name: @mrbeast
- Twitter Username: @MrBeast
Personal life
MrBeast lives in Kansas City. He has Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel condition.
He launched a virtual restaurant, MrBeast Burger, in December 2020. The company has sold franchise rights to restaurants in the United States to serve burgers to customers who order through an online delivery service.
In March 2021, MrBeast signed a partnership agreement with Jellysmack, giving the company exclusive rights to distribute his video content on Facebook and Snapchat.
Famous YouTube star MrBeast is dating his longtime girlfriend named Maddy Spidell.
Net worth
YouTubers are among the highest paid content creators in the world.
MrBeast has an estimated net worth of $56–60 million.
