President Donald Trump had recently expressed his support in SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle CEO Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok.

Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has teamed up with Employer.com CEO Jesse Tinsley and other investors in an all-cash offer for the social platform.

After various videos and comments about wanting to buy TikTok so it doesn’t get banned, MrBeast has helped put in an offer.

The guy who brought you a bunch of dumb online videos wants to buy the site that distributes dumb online videos.

YouTube personality “MrBeast” Jimmy Donaldson and a group of investors tapped Brad Bondi, the brother of President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Justice Department, for legal advice on their bid to buy TikTok.

YouTube and TikTok start MrBeast is looking to buy TikTok as part of a group of investors, as a 75-day time limit ticks down for the social media company to find a non-Chinese owner or risk being permanently banned.

Jimmy Donaldson — better known online as MrBeast — isn't in the TikTok bidding race just yet, according to a representative for the YouTube star. Donaldson stirred interest in a Jan. 13 post on X saying he’d “buy TikTok so it doesn’t get banned.

President Donald Trump gave the social media platform more time to comply with a law that requires it to divest its Chinese ownership.

Paul Hastings is advising a consortium of investors on an all-cash offer to acquire TikTok's US operations and assets from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. The investor group, led by entrepreneur Jesse Tinsley,

Donaldson posted a jokey message on X on January 13 that read, "Okay fine, I'll buy Tik Tok so it doesn't get banned." A day later,

Paul Hastings has hired Willkie Farr & Gallagher digital media and music chair Sidney Fohrman. Clients Fohrman has represented include Banc of California, BMG Rights Management, TikTok, Warner Music Group and Primary Wave Entertainment.

MrBeast, the internet’s most-followed and highest-earning content creator, has joined a new bid to buy TikTok.