Donaldson grew up in Greenville, North Carolina. He started posting videos to YouTube in early 2012, when he was 13 years old, under the name MrBeast6000. His original content ranges from Let plays to "wealth estimation videos of other YouTubers."[17] He rose to fame in 2017 after his "count to 100,000" video. He received tens of thousands of views in just a few, days, and he has grown in popularity ever since, with most of his videos earning tens of millions of views.[17] His videos, which often involve challenges and gifts, become increasingly grandiose and lavish.[18] When his chain of stores became successful, Donaldson hired some of his childhood friends to co-run the brand. As of 2022, the MrBeast team consists of 30 people, including Donaldson himself. In addition to MrBeast, Donaldson also runs the YouTube channels Beast Reacts, MrBeast Gaming, MrBeast 2 (formerly MrBeast Shorts)[21] and the charity channel Beast Philanthropy.[22][23] He previously ran MrBeast 3 (originally MrBeast 2), which is now inactive. As of 2023, he is the highest paid YouTuber[26] and his net worth is estimated at 500 million USD.[27] Donaldson is the founder of MrBeast Burger and Eatables; and co-founded Team Trees, a fundraising for the Arbor Day Foundation that has raised over $23 million; and Team Seas, a fundraiser for the Ocean Conservancy and The Ocean Cleanup, has raised more than $30 million. [30] Donaldson has won Creator of the Year three times at the Streaky Awards in 2020, 2021 and 2022; he's also twice won Favorite Male Designer at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2022 and 2023. That same year, Time magazine ranked him among the 100 most influential people in the world. Early life James Stephen Donaldson[a] was born on May 7, 1998[31] in Wichita, Kansas.[32] He was primarily raised in a middle-class family in Greenville, North Carolina, with his older brother CJ.[33][34][35] He travels often and is cared for by au pairs because his parents have to work long hours and serve in the military. His parents divorced in 2007.[34] In 2016, Donaldson graduated from Greenville Christian Institute, a small private Christian high school in the area. He briefly attended East Carolina University before dropping out.[36][37] YouTube career First viral effort (2012-2017) Donaldson uploaded his first YouTube video in February 2012, aged 13, under the name "MrBeast6000".[38] His original content spans from Let plays, mainly focusing on Minecraft and Call of Duty: Black Ops II, [38] videos estimating the wealth of other YouTubers, [39] video giving lyrics advise future YouTube creators and comment on TV series on YouTube. Donaldson rarely appears in these videos.[38] In 2015 and 2016, Donaldson rose to fame with the "Worst Intro on YouTube" series that mocked YouTube video intros. By mid-2016, Donaldson had about 30,000 subscribers. In the fall of 2016, Donaldson dropped out of East Carolina University to pursue a full-time YouTuber career.[17][39] His mother did not accept this and forced him to leave the family home.[36] As his channel grew, Donaldson hired four childhood friends – Kris Tyson, Chandler Hallow, Garrett Ronaldo and Jake Franklin – to contribute to his channel.[36] They then contacted multiple YouTubers to get statistics on their successful videos and predict the platform's recommendation system. [42] [clarification needed] Franklin leaves the group in 2020. Carl Jacobs, a former photographer, was later promoted to replace him.[43]
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