I never bothered to ask and now i'm afraid of being outed as an old for asking.
A bourgeois philanthropist that uses philanthropy as his business model.
To combine a bunch of explanations I've seen in the comments here:
A bourgeois philanthropist game show producer who dabbles in poverty porn.
That said, I do occasionally burn time watching some of his videos, however some of the content (especially the more recent game show ones which feel a bit like toying with people) rub me the wrong way.
I have no idea if his philanthropy efforts are genuine or not - he's barely visible in those videos (he has another individual hosting those videos) although I do appreciate the efforts they appear to go to when assisting communities desperately in need, and careful implementation of solutions that are sustainable, and can actually be maintained and fixed with local knowledge.
I've seen way too many "gimmicky" charity contributions by other organizations that become worthless as soon as they break because nobody fixes them, as well as other solutions that seemingly make sense from a western cultural lens but aren't really understood by the local people... worst one being a "merry-go-round" water pump mechanism where senior locals are forced to "play" just to pump water for survival. It was originally intended as a kids toy, but they of course don't have any attachment to such a foreign device, thus don't use it.
Ehhh apologies for the mini rant there 😅
Edit: I didn't see the hit piece / exposé that was made about him until now
From what I know about him, he is a genuine person, and his projects are done to help people if possible.
I know that many influencers profit off of suffering/kindness in a scummy way, but I believe that MrBeast is one of the few that actually try to do it ethically.
My understanding is that there is also a Democratic element to his business model which also works as a form of engagement from his fans who give him their money.
It's the youtube algorithm wearing a skin suit to convince children to gamble.
For anyone curious, someone claiming to have worked for him made an hour long video dissecting Mr. Beast and his practices.
A large portion of that covers gambling aimed at children and the vulnerable, use of dark psychology, and a plethora of other illegal/malpractices.
That video is simply assumptions and some truth but mostly just assumptions. Apparently he worked for a month and was removed for erratic behavior. It makes good points but in some places just acts as if staging content is illegal or never been in history of television.
I'm curious as to why you say that as he literally used his first sponsorship to pay off his mom's mortgage and seems to come from an average standard of living.
Who wouldn't use a lump sum of money to help those closest to them?
That, if true, doesn't invalidate that the guy is rich, immature, and makes a living from attracting people to pay him attention so he gets paid even more money. I said it because that's what he is.
I get your point now. I interpreted your comment as "he was born rich". I also didn't watch the exposé until after I wrote mine.
Some youtuber who first gained fame counting to a million. Then he pivoted to posting videos of him doing large amounts of altruistic acts such as paying for people's surgeries et al.
Beyond that I don't know.
My top vote as the YouTuber who looks the least like his actual handle implies.
Alright, I'll give you the only non-grumpy answer here apparently, from someone who actually knows him.
His name is Jimmy. He loves YouTube, and want to make the best videos possible.
He lived with his mom and brother in his childhood. No mention of a father. He played a little baseball, and besides that he really just wanted to make video content. The family was not rich.
His first brand deal he got, he received 10.000 dollars from a sponsor. He gave it all away to someone and filmed it, gaining another brand deal that then got better and better because he gained more viewers.
The concept today for almost all of his videos is "game show". Which means you almost always have a chance to win money. Sometimes he also just gave it random on the street.
He also is a part of Team Trees and Save the Ocean, doing some environmental work in his videos.
Now, Jimmy aka MrBeast has a philanthropy channel, where he hired two individuals to go and give money away around the world to poor villages in 3rd world countries.
He also sells chocolate from sustainable cocoa farms, that is also gentle to the stomach (Jimmy has a stomach disease, don't remember the name).
So yeah, that's MrBeast. He uses all his time and money on videos, and he himself live in a little bunker close to the film studio. He owns almost nothing for himself, but he does own the biggest YouTube brand there is.
Hope it helped.
Yeah not buying this green washing and white saviors. Also, he was recently exposed for rigging his contests for friends and employees. Beat it shill.
Lol, not it person. But the other comments dosent even know who he is on YouTube.
Please pick a simplified version of any book or article with Marx's philosophies and beliefs. Read on what is his opinion on philanthropy. You don't really have to be a leftist for that. In an egalitarian society, people are self-reliant. What philanthropist do is make people dependent on them.
I don't think I gave my opinion on any of the things in my description. He's making philanthropist videos no matter if you like it or not.
I was just stating facts, because all the other comments about him where mostly wrong or only sentence like "he's a YouTuber."
Now you made me curious: Why do you know that someone named "MrBeast" exists and why does it interest you who this person is?
MrBeast is a really popular content creator that makes videos with high production value; similar to TV Show Contests but with a worldwide audience. He currently holds the title for the Youtube channel with the most subscribers.
About the drama revolving him; recently, it's surfaced that one of his friends in the channel called Kris has inappropriately talked with a minor back before; and an ex-MrBeast employee has came out telling that MrBeast himself was favoring people he knew over completely random subscribers; skewing the odds to make the challanges more interesting to watch and also a stream he did way before (signing every T-Shirt bought live) had various elements that are outright illegal in a lot of countries, saying stuff like "if you buy this within the next 10 minutes you have chance to get XXX".
A celebrity who embodies boredom and has made a fortune off of that.
