Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast)

Founder / Majority Owner

Estimated Net Worth: $2.6 Billion

Biography

James Stephen Donaldson was born May 7, 1998 in Wichita, Kansas and grew up in Greenville, North Carolina. He started YouTube at 13, dropped out of East Carolina University after one semester, and spent years studying viral content before his 2017 breakout. He has Crohn's Disease and ADHD, both of which he has spoken about publicly. He is currently dating Thea Booysen and lives in Greenville where Beast Industries HQ is located. His stated life goal is to give away every dollar he earns before he dies.

Timeline

2012: Created first YouTube channel at age 13
2017: Breakout counting to 100,000 video
2019: Co-founded TeamTrees with Mark Rober
2020: Launched MrBeast Burger
2021: Co-founded TeamSeas
2022: Launched Feastables
2023: Surpassed 100M subscribers
2024: Beast Games on Amazon Prime
2025: Beast Industries valued at $5B

Financial Breakdown

Beast Industries (51%): $2.55B

Annual Revenue: $700M (Est.)

Cash on Hand: <$1M (Reported)

The primary stakeholder. His net worth is astronomical but his liquid cash is minimal — he maintains a zero-profit reinvestment cycle.

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