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James Stephen Donaldson was born on 7 May 1998 in Wichita, Kansas as the son of Sue Donaldson. He was mainly raised in Greenville, North Carolina, and moved often and was under the care of au pairs due to his parents working long hours and serving in the military.
In 2016, MrBeast graduated from Greenville Christian Academy, a small private evangelical Christian high school in the area. He briefly attended East Carolina University before dropping out.
Donaldson is the founder of MrBeast Burger, Feastables, and also a co-creator of Team Trees, a fundraiser for the Arbor Day Foundation that has raised over $24 million for its campaigns. He also co-founded Team Seas, a fundraiser for Ocean Conservancy and The Ocean Cleanup that has raised over $30 million.
Donaldson won the Creator of the Year award four years in a row at the Streamy Awards in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, he also won the Favorite Male Creator award three times at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
In 2023, Time named him as one of the world's 100 most influential people. He has ranked on the Forbes list for the highest-paid YouTube creator in 2022 and has an estimated net worth of $500 million.