Behind the staggering success of MrBeast

Behind the staggering success of MrBeast

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In the fall of 2016, Jimmy Donaldson did not seem like a future celebrity multimillionaire. The shy 18-year-old had been posting videos on YouTube for five years from his mom’s North Carolina house without much traction. His mother urged him to go to college, but he dropped out of East Carolina University after two weeks. Instead of going to class, he spent most of his time on campus editing videos in his car. “That’…

Behind the staggering success of MrBeast

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In the fall of 2016, Jimmy Donaldson did not seem like a future celebrity multimillionaire. The shy 18-year-old had been posting videos on YouTube for five years from his mom’s North Carolina house without much traction. His mother urged him to go to college, but he dropped out of East Carolina University after two weeks. Instead of going to class, he spent most of his time on campus editing videos in his car. “That’…

Behind the staggering success of MrBeast

Jimmy Donaldson, the exuberant 25-year-old better known as MrBeast, doesn’t sing, dance, wear swimsuits or tell jokes. But he’s the most popular creator on YouTube and oversees a fast-growing empire that may be worth more than $1 billion.

MrBeast to offer his Twitter revenue as reward for upcoming challenge, Internet hails YouTube king: 'The greatest moment to happen'

MrBeast to offer his Twitter revenue as reward for upcoming challenge, Internet hails YouTube king: 'The greatest moment to happen' GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA: Jimmy "MrBeast," a popular YouTuber, recently posted about a tournament on Twitter. He stated in a tweet sent earlier today, July 14, that the remark with the most likes over the next 48 hours will receive the whole amount of money made from his Twitter account for the next month (perha…