Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, is an American YouTube personality, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He has been credited with pioneering a genre of YouTube videos that centers on expensive stunts. Donaldson began posting videos to YouTube in early 2012 at the age of 13, under the handle "MrBeast6000"; his early content ranged from Let's Plays to "videos estimating the wealth of other YouTubers." He went viral in 2017 after his "counting to 100,000" video earned tens of thousands of views in just a few days, and he has become increasingly popular ever since, with most of his videos gaining tens of millions of views. Over time, his style of content diversified to include challenge and donation videos that reward thousands of dollars, videos with arduous tasks or survival challenges, and original vlogs. Once his channel took off, Donaldson hired several of his childhood friends to help him run the growing brand. As of 2022, the MrBeast team was made up of 60 people.
MrBeast is a popular YouTuber who is best known for his MrBeast channel. He rose to prominence on YouTube for his YouTube video series Worst Intros, as well as his regular gaming videos. Later, he began filming movies for high monetary prizes.
