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The man behind YouTube's most subscribed channel discussed the reason for his success at the TIME100 Summit._ by [Connor Greene](https://time.com/author/connor-greene/) ## Connor Greene Editorial Fellow Jimmy Donaldson––who runs the most subscribed to YouTube channel in the world under the moniker [Mr](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/mrbeast/)[Beast](https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299135/mrbeast/)––closed out the [TIME100](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/) Summit in New York City on April 22. Donaldson has amassed a YouTube following of nearly half a billion subscribers. His company, Beast Industries, was recently valued at $5 billion. And those aren’t his only business ventures. The reason for his success, he says? No other brand is like MrBeast. “What we do is very different than almost any company out there,” Donaldson said. “It's like in one video spending 100 hours in the pyramids and showing people what it's like inside the pyramids, and the next we're trying to make the world’s little large water balloon and pop it on a slo-mo camera,” he said. “Part of why we are the largest YouTube channel is we really push to do things you can’t find anywhere else.” _Join us on_ [_TIME's YouTube_](https://www.youtube.com/time) _for the 2026 TIME100 Gala Red Carpet Livestream, starting at 6:00 p.m. EST on April 23, 2026—and available after on demand_ Donaldson said that everything his brand produces is “new, original, different,” which attracts hundreds of millions of viewers who can’t find that content elsewhere. For one [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dYTw-jAYkY&vl=en) in 2023, Donaldson buried himself alive for a week. He said that he kept a coffin in his garage that he would sleep in leading up to the stunt, for practice. He also consulted the world-renowned magician David Blaine, who performed the same act in 1999. For another video, Donaldson needed a Lamborghini made out of cake, but he was told that wasn’t possible––a word he doesn’t fully believe in. “You can do anything,” he said in reference to the cake-Lambo. “It’s just, what’s the cost and how do you do it? Technically, if you really wanted to, you could blow up the moon, it just costs ten-trillion dollars and a million nukes. Until you know the cost and you know how, you can’t really say it's impossible.” Donaldson also believes in using his platform to help people, he said. In one of his videos––"[1,000 Blind People See For The First Time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ2ifmkGGus)"––he paid for cataract surgery for all of his participants. He said that this was one of his favorite videos he has ever produced. And in February, he acquired Step, a fintech banking app for young adults. “Hopefully we can make educational content that gives them the financial literacy I just didn’t have growing up,” he said. Just 27 years old, Donaldson’s future is vast. Will he sell Beast Industries? “If it makes sense in the future,” he said. Will he run for office? “Maybe in the future,” he answered. But for now, Donaldson remains the face behind the world’s biggest YouTube channel and a multi-billion-dollar company. “I founded the company, but I’m also the main character,” he said. When asked what happens to his company if something happens to him, Donaldson responded: “I mean, that’s why we spend a lot on security.” ——— The TIME100 Summit convenes leaders from the global TIME100 community to spotlight solutions and encourage action toward a better world. This year’s Summit features a variety of conversations across business, culture, AI, and more. Speakers for the 2026 TIME100 Summit include António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations; former Ford Foundation president Darren Walker; actor Kate Hudson; entrepreneur Lady Victoria Beckham; creator Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast; and many more, plus a performance by Jonathan Groff. _The 2026 TIME100 Summit was presented by Booking.com, JPMorganChase, PepsiCo, Reliance, and Toyota._ ## Transcript Thank you. Thank you very much, Jimmy. Welcome. In 2024, we crowned you the most watched person in the world and put you on the cover of time. This year, you appear on the time 100 for the second time. Congratulations. And thank you for being here. Yeah, thanks for having me. It's nice to see you all. Uh, your growing company was recently valued at $5 billion. Not bad for something that started with you making videos about Minecraft. Will Beast Industries go public? Well, Beast Industries go public. Um, I mean, right now I'm mostly focused on making the content. And I, this whole year I've been really obsessed with how can we tell better stories and stuff like that. And so honestly, I can go grab my C-suite and stuff like that. I mean, if it makes sense in the future, of course. But it could make sense. Yeah. Of course. Um, you mentioned your C-suite. Will the company be profitable this year. Well, I didn't know I was doing a financial deep dive. I'd have to. I would have pulled up all the L's before I came up here. I don't I haven't done a meeting in a little bit. Um, Hollywood is falling apart. Your business is clearly not, uh, is there an entertainment company out there that you look to? And they say, well, you say, well, they've accomplished this thing that I want to accomplish. That's a good question. Is there an entertainment company that's accomplished something. Or any. Company? Yeah. Um, I mean, what we do is, uh, you know, very different than, you know, almost any company out there because it's like one video where, you know, spending 100 hours in the pyramids and showing people what it's like inside the pyramids and the next we're trying to make the world's largest water balloon and pop it with the slo mo camera. And so it's very hard to to comp it because part of why we are the largest YouTube channel is we really push to do things you can't find anywhere else, right? Like, you know, the second Uh, something's been done before. It's a lot less interesting. And so we try to find things that don't really exist on the internet. And so because of that, by nature, almost everything we're doing, um, is new, original, different. And so, you know, it's kind of hard to do. But I mean, my big thing, I mean, personally is I've just been obsessed recently over telling great stories. And I grew up watching basically only YouTube. And I didn't really watch movies or anything growing up in the last year, I've been trying to just get caught up on culture and just, you know, Google every Christopher Nolan movie and watch them all. And, and, you know. You have a favorite. I love The Dark Knight. And so I finally got around to watching it ten years later or whatever. Um, but so I've been more obsessed with culture and that kind of stuff. But you know, there's things you can learn from every company, and especially anyone who makes entertainment, there's always little nuggets, but in terms of one singular business now, because we're so weird and what we do. I think the comparison I often see is Disney, you know, a company that has IP and theme parks and different products. Is that does that resonate with you? Yeah, I guess that could make sense. It's just weird, you know, doing it in a completely different way, which is through social media as opposed to linear, you know, old school, you know, television and stuff. The difference between Disney and Beast Industries is that you're both Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, right? You play you play both roles. Yeah, I guess because I founded the company, but I'm also the main character. So yeah, that makes sense. What happens to the company if something happens to you? Well, it happens to well, I mean, that's why we spend a lot on security. So, um, that that one I'm not up to date on the piano, but that one night am I in? I'm like, wow, that was $150,000. Like that seems like a lot. Well, you're doing things like burying yourself in snow. Yeah. Or well, not only that, he's talking about a video I was talking about backstage where I just got back from the Arctic. So I spent seven days living in the Arctic. And so we had to, like, dig ten feet under snow. And like, we built like a big house under snow and trapped heat in there. It was a really cool video. I'm excited for it. And like the visuals of living in snow is pretty cool. But I mean, even worse than that, I also buried myself alive for a week. So true. I got in a coffin and literally, you know, whatever, 15ft underground, got in a coffin and covered it up. And, you know, there's a tube for oxygen down there. But obviously everything we do, we have safety experts prevent it. I don't want to die. So I don't I don't put myself in a position where I can. But like the coffin one, for example, the months leading up to it, I had a coffin in my garage and I literally some nights like sleep in the coffin for a couple of hours to get used to like being in a coffin and like, treat it like an actual stunt, you know? And someone else called David Blaine, who's a magician, had buried himself alive as well. So a lot of consulting with him and, um, you know, just a lot of practice and a lot of consultants. The company is growing so fast. There's a lot of attention right now on your company culture. Are there things you'd like to change? Uh, well, yeah. I mean, that's always something that, uh, people talk about because I started this business when I was 11, so obviously I didn't even know what that word meant back then. Um, and so it's obviously evolved over the lifetime of the company, But, you know, a couple of years ago, especially now, we're at 750 employees, I brought in more experienced people because, you know, shocker, it's a person who studied YouTube videos and studied content isn't, you know, maybe the best to set a culture of a company at this scale. And so the new C-suite and stuff that I brought in 24 months ago, it's been amazing to have people who have actually worked and ran and built large teams, like point out things where I'm like, oh, that makes sense. That's why I hired you. Uh, you once said you had to take TikTok off your phone because you found it too addictive. Yeah. Is YouTube any different? Uh, that sounds like something I would say. I mean, I probably you did. Yeah, it's currently on my phone, so I guess that didn't last too long. Um, so, uh, no, I mean, my YouTube feed personally is a bunch of, uh, educational videos and stuff. So it's if I were to open it up, the first video would probably be something like, here's how they built the Eiffel Tower or is more knowledgeable, things like that. So I don't find that the time I spend on YouTube is regrettable. Watch time. I feel like I usually enjoy the knowledge I derive from it. Do you think that there's, as I'm sure you know, a big movement to keep kids off of these platforms? Do you think that's a good idea? Honestly, I think there are probably people way more qualified to answer that. I mean, I haven't studied data in depth to know the development or not. I mean, at the end of the day, it's the content you're consuming. So like, you know, if you there are plenty of educational based channels that, you know, could distill complex topics down into bite sized formats where you could learn it. And so if they're consuming content like that, no, I mean, it sounds like it would be awesome for them. Or like there's a really large channel on YouTube called Kids or Not that takes like space topics and makes really beautiful animations around them. I love watching the channel and you know, I know more about black holes than I should. And I didn't learn anything about black holes in school. So it's I mean, it all depends what you're watching the parameters there. So it's hard to like give that a blanket answer. You know. Um, I hate to ask this, but since you're turning 28 next month. Yeah. Um, do you, do you worry about losing your audience as you grow up? That's an interesting question. Do I worry about losing my audience as I grow up? Um, no. I mean, part of it is also my audience is growing up with me, so I guess that helps. But I feel pretty tapped in and understand what's going on. So as of right now, I mean, maybe when I'm 45, maybe I feel. Like that's 45. Yeah, I don't know. In the 40s or something. If I start getting gray hair, that might they might start clowning on me, but I hope I have at least another decade or two. Feeling quite old right now. Um, what? But for now, I think we're fine. Yeah. What is the the one video you're most proud of? Oh, the one video I'm most proud of. Um, I think, uh, well, we, we, one thing that I like doing videos on so I can is, uh, I mean, it's, it's kind of sad that there are, you know, some people in, uh, you know, in this country that just can't, you know, can't see and the, you know, like we're not helping them. And like, we did this one video where we helped a thousand people who, you know, had cataracts and we had to give them cataract surgery cause they literally couldn't see. So essentially helping a thousand blind people see again, a lot of which were in America. And I, you know, those videos are very sad, but it's nice to be able to do it because I can shine a light on like it's kind of crazy. Like this person lost their job because they lost their eyesight. And it's sometimes like a, you know, a $2,000 surgery would allow them to go be productive members of society again. So there's no reason why we don't step in and help them. And like, it's kind of crazy that a YouTuber has to do it. And so being able to tell that story and show that like, this is crazy, you know? Um, so yeah, I wouldn't say it's a particular video, but usually we've done quite a few videos where we've helped people with like health care. And I just, I think it's kind of silly. So I like doing those so I can just shine a light on how silly it is, you know. How often do videos totally fall apart? Oh gosh, how often do videos totally fall apart? I mean, due to the nature of how everything hasn't been done before. Every video at some point or another falls apart. And what do you do to. Well, that's where you train your team to think from first principles. You train them to obviously go, okay, well, how can we solve this? Like a video we just filmed? I needed a Lamborghini made of cake. And obviously. Yeah, because I thought it'd be funny if we put five Lamborghinis out there. And then the contestants that have to stand in a line in front of one. And. And if you're in the line of the cake one, you're eliminated. And then we have a hydraulic press, squish the cake one. And so like big. So it's for real Lamborghinis one made a cake and you know, the first thing they go is we can't make a Lamborghini of cake. And then you just go, you can, you can do anything. It's just what's the cost and how do you do it? Right? Technically, if you really wanted to, you could blow up the moon. It just might cost $10 trillion, a bazillion nukes. But it's like until you know the cost and you know how you can't really say it's impossible. To be clear. You don't plan on blowing up the moon. As of right now. No, I don't, the moon is safe. But I like using that analogy because then when you distill it down to, well, there's no fundamental reason why you can't make a Lamborghini out of K, can it look like cake? So until you know the cost and you know actually how difficult it is, don't tell me. And so it's like a video will go from it's screwed. It can't happen to oh, actually it wasn't that bad. We finally did the research and blah blah, blah. You know what I mean? Or okay, well, if it costs half $1 million to make it out of cake, well, what if just the side they see is made out of cake or whatever, and then you just actually problem solves through. So a lot of it is just helping people see things from a different angle or, you know, people just help them understand that like, you know, it's supposed to be hard. If it was, if it wasn't hard, someone else would have already done it and therefore it wouldn't be original on that. On that note, um, what's the next business you're building that's going to surprise people. The next business? Well, the, I mean, the, the big thing I've been focused on is our chocolate company. So it might not be the next one. But you know, we sell chocolate and a lot of people don't realize that there's over a million kids in illegal child labour on cacao farms. So we actually pay all our farmers living income reference price, how to remediate child labor on the farms and use fair trade certified beans. And so thank you. It's called feastables. If you're ever hungry, you want a snack. But, um, that's been my, my big thing that I'm focused on. Obviously we have ambitions outside of that. And that's what my c-suites been focused a lot on. And so they could probably give you more in-depth answers, but I've just been trying to solve, how can we tell that story and help people understand, you know, what it's trying to accomplish so they can, you know, hopefully I'm never going to buy 100% of the world's cacao, so I'm not going to be able to solve all the child labor issues, but hopefully we can cause a catalyst that makes other chocolate companies switch their supply chains. You recently acquired a teen banking app. Um, you've talked about your own struggles with financing. Yeah. What are you doing getting into financial services. Yeah. So it's a financial services. Um, yeah. So we bought an app called step and I hope to, you know, figure out how we can just educate people on it's still crazy that people don't know how to build a credit score. People don't know about investing and things like that, especially if you just look like the average youth. And so hopefully we can, you know, make educational content that gives them the financial literacy. I, you know, didn't have growing up. And so I wish I could go more in depth. We're still laying it all out, but that would be the goal is just to give people actual knowledge on how to be financially independent and help, you know, build wealth and stuff that, you know, ideally would be taught in school, but it's not so, you know, help them out. You think a lot about helping people. Um, would you ever run for public office? Um, I mean, maybe in the future, but right now, honestly, yes, I would say it's out of the question, but right now I'm just focused on how do I tell a story that makes people feel something, you know, because we upload quite a bit. And so I was just like, I don't even have the brain power to think of anything else. So but I mean, if I live to be 100, that's another 73 years. So I wouldn't say anything out of the question, but, you know. On, on improving storytelling. Uh, the Oscars are coming to YouTube in 2029. Yes. What advice would you give YouTube CEO Neal Mohan to make the show better? Oh, gosh. And should he let you produce it? Um, well, I, I feel like the, the make it better. Honestly, I'd have to go watch the last ten Oscars and blah, blah, blah and actually think on it. Off the top of my head, I don't know. I mean, it seems relatively fine. Um, so I thought the last one, I didn't see anyone complaining online. I thought people liked the last Oscar. So, um, I thought he did a good job hosting and yeah, I think it was fine. Uh, you have a wedding coming up. Congratulations. Thank you. Yes. Don't don't applaud yet. Your mom, Sue is here today. You said you're borrowing money from her to pay for it. Is she annoyed? Uh, I mean, we could go ask her, but, yeah, I said that on a podcast because, uh, shocker, we reinvest everything into the content. And, um, I don't like to take money out of the business. I like to just, you know, put it all back into growing and stuff like that. So, um, yeah, I mean, I did say that and I mean, she did it so clearly she doesn't mind, will we? He probably helps that. I also spoiled her with a ton of money so she could do it. So it's a little bit of a inverse back. Whoops. Mom, I actually need a little bit of. I need a loan for the the wedding. Uh, will we be able to watch the wedding on the main channel? Oh heck, I, well, I was gonna say heck no. I guess things could change, but as of right now, no, I, I mean, my entire life's on camera. And so I was as of right now, I don't think like this should be it probably it's like the only thing that my fans don't have access to because I'm basically filming 28 days a month and they know everything about me. So, uh, that's why I was about to say where we picked the venue, but that would be a bad idea because I don't know if this is live streamed or something. So, um. It is. Okay, well, hello to whoever's watching the live stream, but yeah, I'm not even getting married. This is all a facade. There is no wedding. Nothing's happening. Well, congratulations, Jimmy. Thank you for being here. Thank you to all of our speakers today. What an incredible day. Yes. 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