MrBeast Joins New Bid to Buy TikTok
January 22, 2025
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as posted by the channelMrBeast, the internet’s most-followed and highest-earning content creator, has joined a new bid to buy TikTok. #mrbeast #tiktok #tech #politics
The YouTube star, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is part of a group of American investors assembled by tech entrepreneur Jesse Tinsley that is vying to buy TikTok’s US business before a possible ban.
Tinsley, who is founder of Employer.com, has submitted an all-cash bid alongside Donaldson and other “institutional investors and high net worth individuals,” according to a spokesperson for the group, which is being represented by Paul Hastings. The firm declined to provide more details on the offer, including a full list of investors involved.
Brad Bondi, brother of Pam Bondi, who President Donald Trump has tapped to run the Justice Department, is part of the Paul Hastings team providing legal counsel to the investor group.
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