MrBeast Net Worth 2026: Bio, Age, Girlfriend, Height, Parents, Real Name

Since his humble beginnings with a small YouTube channel, MrBeast has gone on to become one of the most subscribed YouTube channels in the world with billions of views, averaging about 100 million views per video.

At this point, almost everyone has heard of MrBeast, and his brand name echoes through the internet sphere.

If you haven’t, maybe you’ve been living under a rock!?

But, no worries! We’ll be taking a deep dive into who MrBeast is and his rise to fame, popularity, and fortune.

Who is Mr.Beast?

Jimmy Donaldson / James Stephen Donaldson, otherwise known as MrBeast is one of the most well known influencers, philanthropists, and businessmen with the most subscribed YouTube channel in the world.

Compared to most teens, Jimmy knew from an early age that he wanted to become a famous YouTuber.

From his YouTube career, he built a platform for philanthropy, awareness for good causes, and other business ventures.

He’s known for his crazy stunts such as having hosted his own version of Squid Games where contestants competed against each other in order to win a big pool of prize money, as well as frequently doing giveaways for random strangers, building schools in underprivileged areas, etc.

MrBeast’s creative videos, challenges, and dedication towards charity and philanthropy are the reasons for his metoeric success on YouTube.

However, looking into MrBeast’s childhood years, no one could have predicted that he would go on to become a big success, since he had a fairly regular childhood without any extraordinary circumstances, driving factors, or a catalyst that is mostly common with successful entrepreneurs.

Mr.Beast Childhood

James Stephen Donaldson – was born on May 7th, 1998 Wichita, Kansas, USA to parents Sue Donaldson (now Sue Parisher) and Stephen Donaldson.

Though he was born in Kansas, Jimmy moved to Greenville, North Carolina at a young age and had a “mostly” normal childhood with a few hiccups during his earlier years.

Being from a military family background, Jimmy grew up in a disciplined and strict household, mostly due to both of his parents’ working for the military, however when MrBeast was very young, his parents divorced and don’t keep in contact.

Sue Donaldson described Jimmy’s biological father as abusive with a history of domestic violence in her book “Rock Bottom and Faithless: Defeating the Lies of Domestic Abuse with God’s Truth” – https://www.amazon.com/Rock-Bottom-Faithless-Defeating-Domestic/dp/1642931918/

Despite this, MrBeast grew up in a stable and a warm household where his mother raised Jimmy with proper care.

Much of Jimmy’s childhood details and formative years are still up for speculation and not well known because he hasn’t talked much about it in interviews or podcasts, preferring to keep things private.

However, what we do know is the fact that MrBeast had a keen interest in content creation and video games from a very early age.

Jimmy stated in some of his podcasts that he was introverted by nature and had some difficulties in schoolwork, but loved spending his time playing video games and making quirky videos. By the age of 13, he was already posting guides, tutorials, and gameplays on his YouTube channel under the name “MrBeast6000”.

Mr.Beast Early Adulthood

Being a typical American high schooler, some of his earlier videos consisted of Minecraft, Call of Duty, and other popular video games of that time with each video averaging around 10,000 – 50,000 views. Though he wasn’t as well known and famous in 2012 compared to now, Jimmy’s YouTube channel did garner views and interest.

Something clicked inside Jimmy’s head and he knew early on that he wanted to become a famous YouTuber, but contrary to his current persona, MrBeast wasn’t the most charismatic or the most entertaining YouTuber at that time.

Outside of video games, and nerdy hobbies, there isn’t much information about how Jimmy spent his teenage years, but most people who knew MrBeast in high school described Jimmy as a regular kid who didn’t draw much attention to himself.

However, things changed when Jimmy enrolled in East Carolina University in 2016, and as a Reddit user who knew people who went to the same college as MrBeast pointed out in one of his posts

“I went to college with a lot of people who did. They said he would hand out business cards with his channel name on it. Otherwise just a quiet guy.

For reference I went to ECU and was in a Mr. Beast video (squid games), asked to be in 2 more but was busy. I have a ton of friends who work there. He does a lot for our community”

Source: Reddit

Jimmy was becoming more proactive with his branding and PR efforts.

However, he dropped out after only 2 weeks despite his mother’s disapproval and pursued his dream of becoming a famous YouTuber at the age of 18, and the rest is history as we know it because his YouTube channel growth exploded from there. He recounted on his formerly Twitter account in 2019

“3 years ago I dropped out of college and my mom made me move out (because she loves me and just wanted me to be successful) and people thought I was crazy… Sometimes I forget I’m only 21 because the last few years have moved insanely slow. Maybe it’s because every day I’m doing something different and crazy. Regardless, I love Youtube and I want to do this until the day I die :),”

Source: X.com

MrBeast’s Professional Career

While it could be argued that Jimmy’s career began during his mid-teens since he had the singular goal of becoming a professional YouTuber, it’s safer to say that his professional YouTube career began during his late teens at the age of 18 when he dropped out of college, but it was a very risky decision at that time since he was only making a few hundred dollars per video on most of his uploads.

However he soon struck gold with videos such as “I Counted to 100,000!” and similar themes, but his giveaway videos catapulted his subscriber and view count to where it is today.

Giveaways

You could say that a major contributor to his success was his earlier giveaway videos where MrBeast tipped random strangers huge amounts of money for deliveries, twitch streams, and sometimes even shopping sprees.

To give a few examples these videos have:

• Donating $10,000 To Random Twitch Streamers – 10 million views
• Tipping Pizza Delivery Guys $10,000 – 23 million views
• Tipping Uber Drivers $10,000 – 4.6 million views

as of 2024.

Philanthropy

It didn’t stop there.

MrBeast went on to do philanthropy work, such as cleaning the ocean’s plastic, planting 20 million trees, building schools/hospitals, etc.

Some of his notable philanthropy videos have:

• I Cleaned The World’s Dirtiest Beach #TeamSeas – 122 million views
• I Built 100 Wells in Africa – 206 million views
• Planting 20,000,000 Trees, My Biggest Project Ever! – 107 million views

as of 2024.

The goodwill that Jimmy built over the years with such bold projects gave him millions of dedicated and loyal fans who were eager to share his feel-good message and inspiration. In a short span of time, the MrBeast YouTube channel became the most subscribed channel in the world on November 17, 2022 with 112 million subscribers.

Prize Pool Challenges

After dominating YouTube and establishing himself as the most subscribed YouTube channel in the world, Donaldson went on to make creative and engaging content in the form of prize pool challenges where contestants compete to win big jackpots.

His challenges gave away millions of dollars in prize winnings over the years, with some of his most popular ones being:

• Last To Stop Swinging Wins $1,000,000
• Last To Take Hand Off $1,000,000 Keeps It
• Last To Leave $800,000 Island Keeps It

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

For a full list of his previous challenges see here: https://mrbeast.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_expensive_challenges

However, as of 2023 and 2024, Jimmy Donaldson’s content has been shifting away from such challenges to more extreme forms, such as spending a week out in the ocean, surviving on an island/abandoned town, bunkers, etc.

It’s rare for his newer videos to not reach over 100 million views, and despite his controversies, the MrBeast YouTube channel is projected to keep growing without any signs of slowing down.

Entrepreneurship

In addition to his YouTube channel, Donaldson has tried his hand with a few multi-million dollar businesses such as Feastables – a candy brand and MrBeast Burger. It’s hard to say whether his other businesses are profitable as they are private companies, but according to Jimmy, Feastables is expected to generate $500 million in revenue by the end of 2024.

Source: Time

MrBeast has also shown interest in other ventures such as angel investing in startups, creating a media company, and crypto investing, but these are more side projects and time will only tell when his investments yield dividends.

MrBeast’s YouTube Channel Growth

Since his YouTube channel launch in 2012, it has been over 12 years, and as of 2024, MrBeast has amassed over 317 million subscribers.

The graph below shows his increase in subscriber count and viewership.

His earlier videos starting from 2012 until 2016 were more or less random with video gameplay, tutorials, reviews, and YouTube drama. They weren’t necessarily well produced or of high quality, but given his persistent nature, Donaldson honed in his craft and understood which videos were generating views and traffic.

2017-2018 was his pivotal moment when Mr.Beast’s channel blew up and almost averaged 1 million subscribers every month, one of his most viewed videos being “I Counted to 100,000!” where he counted to 100,000 in a single video, but MrBeast still had a long ways to go in terms of video production quality.

Making YouTube videos and dedicating himself to such a career was not all sunshine and rainbows, because it took him more than 5 years before his career as a YouTuber showed promise and consistent dedication to video production before he was able to consistently get millions of views per video.

As Jimmy stated in his interviews:

“When I first started making videos, I hated them… I was just like, ‘Oh my God, these are terrible.’ But I just kept uploading because I knew eventually I would get better.”

Source: Forbes

“I woke up, I studied YouTube, I studied videos, I studied filmmaking, I went to bed, and that was my life.”

Source: Colin and Samir podcast

As of 2024, it’s more or less smooth sailing for MrBeast’s channel. His videos are well-polished, edited, and produced, with each new video upload getting at least 100 million views.

Even though there is controversy regarding Jimmy Dondaldson’s ethics and a few lawsuits, his YouTube channel growth does not seem to be slowing down since his main target audience is younger kids.

MrBeast Burger

Though Jimmy Donaldson’s YouTube channel is a huge success with millions of subscribers and viewers, Donaldson’s first try at enterprise entrepreneurship ended up in a flop.

MrBeast Burger was established in 2020 as a virtual restaurant brand where people could order Beast Burgers anywhere throughout the USA, but despite the initial success, as of 2024, MrBeast Burger is facing many operational challenges, roadblocks, and legal lawsuits mainly due to the use of ghost kitchens (independent restaurants and kitchens) which resulted in quality control issues of the burgers.

It’s unclear where MrBeast Burger is headed, so we’ll have to wait and see.

Feastables Brand

On the bright side, Feastables, Jimmy Donaldson’s snack brand/business is thriving and expanding, with plans to open more stores in Singapore and various other countries.

It was established in 2022 and became a huge hit not only for his YouTube audience but for stores nationwide in the USA. The main products include chocolate, gummies, and cookies.

Earlier in 2024, Jimmy stated that Feastables could generate over $500 million in revenue by the end 2024, and if that is to happen, Jimmy’s net worth could considered well over a billion dollars.

Generally, snack brands have a profit margin of 10-30%, but assuming the lowest profit margin, Feastables would be making over $50 million in net profits if Jimmy’s predictions are correct.

Beast Philanthropy

And lastly, Beast Philanthropy was established in 2020 with the aim to feed millions of impoverished people all over the world.

As of 2024, according to his website statistics, it states:

Future Goals of MrBeast

Jimmy Donaldson has a long road ahead of him. As a successful 26-year-old as of 2024, his opportunities and possibilities are endless.

He has stated multiple times that YouTube is his passion and that he will continue to make videos “until he dies”, but given his new allegations and lawsuits regarding his ethics and practices related to the production of his videos, it’s not fully certain whether Donaldson will continue making videos. He uploads less frequently than he used to and depending on public opinion, it could somewhat affect the MrBeast channel.

However, Jimmy has the potential to be one of the few billionaires under 30 years old. While MrBeast Burger may have been a flop, his Feastables brand is growing and could be valued at billions of dollars if he decides to sell the company at a later date.

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are some answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about Mr.Beast.

MrBeast Net Worth

MrBeast’s net worth for 2024 is estimated to be around $700 million, but some people argue that it could be over $1 billion if you consider the valuation of his YouTube channel and his companies. Some lower figures for his net worth are estimated at $100-200 million, but it’s very unlikely as of 2024.

The true numbers to Jimmy Donaldson’s net worth can’t fully be known, however, if you want to check out the estimates based on calculations by his fans, read this Reddit thread: Is MrBeast really worth 700 Million dollars? : r/MrBeast (reddit.com)

Besides his YouTube advertising revenue and sponsorships, a significant portion of his net worth comes from his Feastables brand. While it’s a private company, some people have speculated that it made $200 million in revenue in 2023 and Jimmy has predicted it’s on a trajectory to make $500 million in sales by the end of 2024, which means that Jimmy Donaldson could be well worth more than $1 billion.

Source: https://www.tiktok.com/@austinhankwitz/video/7296159714553974058

Some other revenue streams for MrBeast also are merchandise sales, cryptocurrency & NFT investments, but they are only a small portion of his overall assets.

At the end of the day, though Jimmy may not be the wealthiest man in the world, one thing that is for certain is that MrBeast is one of the richest and most influential people in his 20s with the possibility of becoming one.

MrBeast Birthday

Jimmy Donaldson was born on May 7th, 1998 in Wichita, Kansas USA. He is 26 years old as of 2024.

His zodiac sign is Taurus (April 20-May 20) and his Chinese zodiac sign is Tiger.

Taurus are known for their persistence and determination, which can be observed in Jimmy’s work ethic and immense drive to accomplish big things in life.

From a Chinese zodiac perspective, Tigers are known for being brave and competitive, which can also be seen in MrBeast’s personality.

MrBeast’s Parents

Mr.Beast prefers to keep his personal life private and doesn’t share much in his podcasts and YouTube videos.

However, his mother Sue Donaldson / now under a different surname, Sue Parisher, has appeared in many of MrBeast’s videos during philanthropic events and giveaways. Despite being a single mother, Jimmy’s mother was a certified badass. She didn’t just serve in the army, but she was a paratrooper in a special unit.

Watch more: How MrBeast Grew His Channel – YouTube

Jimmy Donaldson’s father is not much spoken about and the details behind Jimmy’s childhood upbringing are vague, to say the least. Based on some sources and a book written by Sue Parisher, MrBeast’s father, Stephen Donaldson, was an abuser and involved in domestic violence.

Learn more about the book: https://www.amazon.com/Rock-Bottom-Faithless-Defeating-Domestic/

Stephen abandoned his family when Jimmy was a little child and it’s unclear whether they have a relationship or even on speaking terms.

MrBeast’s Family

Jimmy Donaldson has an older brother, CJ Donaldson.

CJ has appeared in a few of Jimmy’s videos and seems to have a close relationship with his younger brother Jimmy.

CJ is a YouTuber with a respectable number of subscribers at 4.24 million as of 2024.

MrBeast does not have a wife or kids, but he is currently dating Thea Booysen, a Twitch streamer, YouTuber, and eSports caster.

MrBeast Height and Weight

According to Celebheights, one of the most well-known height websites for celebrities, he is listed at a height of 6 ft 2 1/2 inches or 189.2cm.

Jimmy Donaldson himself has claimed 6 ft 4 inches and in one of his YouTube videos, Jimmy was measured at 6 ft 4.5 inches bare feet, but people still debate about the authenticity of the measurement.

General consensus for his height seems to be between 6ft 2-3 inches.

MrBeast’s weight is around 200lbs or 90.8kilograms as of 2024, based on his measurements after his weight loss journey. Before, he used to be over 225lbs or 102 kilograms with a skinny fat build.

MrBeast Nationality & Ethnicity

MrBeast is a citizen of the United States of America.

Jimmy is of English, Irish, and German roots. Based on his physical characteristics, he looks more English and German.

Did MrBeast Go to College?

MrBeast graduated from a small private school in North Carolina, Greenville Christian Academy in 2016.

After graduating high school, MrBeast briefly studied in college at East Carolina University for a few weeks, however, he soon dropped out to pursue a full-time career as a YouTuber.