Video blogger MrBeast: how to get rich by giving people your money
The audience of the American blogger MrBeast, who is also known as Jimmy Donaldson, has already exceeded 200 million. He is confident that this is just the beginning and continues to develop his channels on YouTube and TikTok. MrBeast doesn't perform mind-blowing stunts or film daring pranks. What he does is... spend money. “We live in a world where you can earn 20 thousand for burning 10 thousand,” Jimmy once said and now you will understand why he is right.
Vlogger MrBeast became the most popular on YouTube in November 2022. Before this, the leader was PewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg), who reigned on the service since 2013. The new star outdid its predecessor in a very unusual way. MrBeast gave money to people in need and filmed their reactions. Later, he began to donate impressive sums to charity, bought houses for the homeless and did other good and important deeds.
This is how the blogger talks about his first major charity experience. It was 2017 and Jimmy received such a substantial income for the first time. He also said that his mother, having learned about her son’s act, was at a loss. She did not condemn her son, but asked why he did not give the poor fellow half, or at least 7 thousand dollars. To this, the blogger replied that a round sum always looks better when transferred. In addition, “ten” looks much cooler in the title of the video, and this is very important.
MrBeast claims that he has always enjoyed helping people for free. He did this even before he became successful. Jimmy assures that he could give away all his cash, even when he himself lived modestly and did not have millions of subscribers and huge fees. Anyone who turned to him for help could count on it.
MrBeast's donations grew in proportion to his income. In the spring of 2020, when the coronavirus was raging around the world, the blogger spent more than a million dollars on food for low-income people. With a team of helpers, they purchased six truckloads of food. They were sent to food banks - organizations where people in difficult situations can receive free food and basic necessities.
MrBeast subscribers are delighted with their favorite. For them, he is an example of generosity and selflessness. The comments under the blogger’s videos are filled with positivity:
Many also focus on the fact that Jimmy shows philanthropy at a very young age. When he spent a million on food for the needy, he was only 21 years old. Many people also like MrBeast's content because of its unpredictable twists and turns. A good example is a story in which a blogger gives a house to a homeless guy.
In 2019, MrBeast ordered pizza home. When she was delivered, he spoke with the courier named Joey and learned about some of his problems. Then the blogger asked a stranger for one favor - to help furnish his friend’s house. For this, Jimmy promised to pay Joey 2 thousand dollars.
The courier, the blogger and his assistants spent the whole day shopping. They chose furniture, equipment, dishes and accessories. Joey tried to be helpful and honestly earn the money he was promised. He did not even suspect that all the purchases, as well as the house that needed to be furnished, would go to him.
Donaldson tried to impress Joey with his gift as much as possible. During the conversation, he found out that the courier has a wife and a three-year-old daughter, that a dog lives with them, and the guy himself loves the Monster Energy energy drink. Therefore, a children's room with toys, pet care items and 1000 cans of Joey's favorite energy drink appeared in the house.
Needless to say, Joey, who was happy to earn a couple thousand dollars as a furniture mover, was shocked by the gift:
But giving away money, food and houses are not Jimmy's only pleasant chores. In 2019, he joined forces with former NASA employee and video blogger Mark Rober to launch the environmental project Team Trees. The idea was submitted by MrBeast subscribers, of whom there were already 20 million at that time.
Several of the blogger's fans decided that it would be nice if Jimmy planted one tree for each subscriber. The program started in May 2019. And in September, MrBeast reported that he had already planted 300 trees. But the final goal was so far away. So Donaldson tweeted a call for Oregonians to support him. Together, we managed to reach a figure of 1,700 plants, but this was just a drop in the bucket.
Then the blogger contacted the non-profit organization Arbor Day, the world's largest gardening organization. He promised to pay $1 for every tree they planted. It seems incredible, but by the end of December 2019 the goal was achieved. Arbor Day planted all the remaining seedlings, and Jimmy honestly donated the required amount to them.
No one knows exactly how much wealth Jimmy Donaldson has. But experts suggest that the blogger-philanthropist has at least $500 million in his accounts. Of course, such wealth cannot but arouse envy. MrBeast has not only enough fans, but also haters. The blogger is accused that his videos are meaningless. Their main idea is to distribute money and PR for it.
There are also dissatisfied people among Jimmy's former employees. Some of them willingly talk about the toxic environment in the MrBeast team. There are those who openly accuse Donaldson of bullying. The millionaire blogger himself does not react in any way to such attacks and does not want to comment on them. But still, the number of those who respect and love Jimmy is much greater. Some say they don't care what his goals are. The main thing is that his money does not lie dead weight and is not spent in bundles on personal whims, but helps people.
By the way, among rich and famous people there are not so few who donate large sums to charity.