MrBeast, , joined a group to make a new proposal to buy TikTok. The YouTube star, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is part of a group of American investors brought together by tech entrepreneur Jesse Tinsley, who are bidding to buy TikTok’s US business ahead of a possible ban.
Tinsley, founder of the website Employer.com, submitted an all-cash proposal alongside Donaldson and other “institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals,” according to a spokesperson for the group, which is being represented by law firm Paul Hastings. The company declined to provide further details about the offering, including a full list of investors involved.
Brad Bondi, Pam Bondi’s brother, is part of the Paul Hastings team that provides legal advice to the investor group.
“As President Trump reestablishes America’s dominance, our group stands ready to partner with the U.S. government to acquire TikTok and help secure and stabilize the platform so hundreds of millions of Americans can enjoy it safely,” he said. he Tinsley in a statement. TikTok and ByteDance did not respond to requests for comment. MrBeast, through his team, also did not respond to a request for comment.
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MrBeast, with more than 346 million followers on YouTube, is another prominent name in the group of buyers interested in TikTok. Tinsley’s group is among several moving to buy the popular video app after the Supreme Court upheld a law requiring TikTok’s parent company, China-based ByteDance, to spin off its U.S. operations due to national security concerns. Under the law, ByteDance would have to sell TikTok by January 19 or face a nationwide ban.
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While TikTok temporarily went offline over the weekend – its first day in office – to extend the deadline for the sale by 75 days. While it’s unclear whether Trump has the authority to extend the deadline, it may not ultimately matter. ByteDance has publicly refused to sell TikTok, although potential buyers hope the Supreme Court ruling and TikTok’s brief outage may make ByteDance reconsider.
This perspective has attracted interested parties. Billionaire Frank McCourt, former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary made a formal offer to buy TikTok earlier this month. O’Leary has already met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss the proposal, and McCourt has made clear he would be happy to buy TikTok without the service’s coveted content algorithm, which ByteDance and China’s government have said it doesn’t have. for sale.
Amazon.com and Oracle, both of which already do business with TikTok, have also been mentioned as possible suitors. Following assurances from Trump that he would not enforce the law, Oracle helped restore the TikTok app on Sunday after a roughly 14-hour outage in the US, even though it knew it could face fines for doing so. The Chinese government also evaluated Elon Musk as a potential buyer, .
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It is unclear whether ByteDance has responded to any interested parties or is considering their proposals.
Tinsley wrote in an X post that she would meet with Trump and his team to discuss the offer and that she was awaiting a response from ByteDance’s board.
“Our goal is to ensure TikTok remains accessible, thriving, and aligned with the values that make America great,” he wrote. “We also welcome investment from the U.S. government,” he added, and “we stand ready to structure the deal in any way President Trump and our government desire.” He said his company, Employer.com, is part of the investor consortium.
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