James Stephen Donaldson[a] was born on May 7, 1998,[1] in Wichita, Kansas,[2] to father Stephen,[3] and mother Sue.[4] His stepfather is called Tracy.[]
He was mainly raised in a middle-class household,[5] alongside his older brother Charles "C.J." Donaldson in Greenville, North Carolina. In 2016, Donaldson graduated from Greenville Christian Academy, a small private evangelical Christian high school in the area. Donaldson has publicly mentioned being diagnosed with Crohn's disease during high school.[6] He briefly attended East Carolina University before dropping out.[7]Donaldson's brother is also a YouTuber, who goes by CjTheseDays (formerly called MrBro),[8] and has more than 4.34 million subscribers as of April 2023.
YouTube Career
Early viral attempts (2012–2017)
Donaldson uploaded his first YouTube video in February 2012, at the age of 13, under the name of "MrBeast6000".[1] His early content ranged from Let's Plays, mainly focused on Minecraft and Call of Duty: Black Ops II,[2] videos estimating the wealth of other YouTubers,[3] videos that offered tips to upcoming YouTube creators, and commentary on YouTube drama. Donaldson appeared infrequently in these videos.[4] In July 2013, the subscriber count of his channel, then named "That-dude", was around 240.
In 2015 and 2016, Donaldson began to gain popularity with his "Worst intros on YouTube" series poking fun at YouTube video introductions.[5][non-primary source needed] By mid-2016, Donaldson had around 30,000 subscribers. In fall 2016, Donaldson dropped out of East Carolina University to pursue a full-time career as a YouTuber.[6] His mother did not approve of this and made him move out of the family home.
As his channel grew, Donaldson hired four childhood friends – Chris Tyson, Chandler Hallow, Garrett Ronalds, and Jake Franklin – to contribute to his channel.[7] They then contacted numerous YouTubers in order to obtain statistics of their successful videos
Networth
MrBeast has amassed an astounding net worth of $105 million over the course of his 10-year career as a YouTuber. He receives a sizable percentage of that staggering sum from AdSense revenue generated by his nine YouTube channels. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Donaldson earns between $3 and $5 million every month from YouTube advertising alone. Merchandise sales, sponsorships, and earnings from other commercial activities also contribute to his high valuation.
YouTube
MrBeast’s main channel has over 156 million subscribers which gets an average of 11 million views per day from unique sources. It can get an average of $55,000 per day ($20 million a year) from the ads that run on the videos. In 2020, during the beginning of the pandemic, MrBeast started a gaming channel that grew to over 12 million subscribers and has accumulated over 1.6 billion views.
On the channel, he films himself playing games like Minecraft and Among Us. He has collaborated with big YouTubers like PewDiePie, Valkyrae etc. The channel can get 7 million views per day and should be able to generate an estimated revenue of $35,000 per day ($13 million a year) from the ads that appear on the videos. MrBeast’s YouTube earnings are projected to be around $26 million till date.
Business Ventures
MrBeast has bespoke clothing lines ranging from traditional 'Beast' attire. He even released a clothing line on his MrBeast Burger enterprise. Donaldson's enterprise now has a stunning 1,000 shops after launching a burger chain across the United States and Europe. He has now started Feastables, although his MrBeast Burger company brought in $100 million in revenue until July 2022.
According to numerous estimates, MrBeast raised approximately $54 million in total last year, with more than half of it coming from apparel sales alone.
Expenditure
There isn't much information about how Donaldson spends his $100 million plus valuation. MrBeast has stated that the majority of his money is spent on creating material, giving it away, or doing stuff like purchasing entire dog shelters. MrBeast's home is unknown, but he has a Lamborghini Huracán Spyder ($230,000), a Tesla Model S ($96,000), and a BMW i8 Coupe ($150,000), according to 21Motoring.