Other potential buyers include the philanthropist Frank Mccourt ’s Project Liberty, which is raising capital to make a bid for TikTok in order to “rearchitect the platform” and protect user data. McCourt is a billionaire who previously owned the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. The project is supported by the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.
U.S. businessman Frank McCourt is open to teaming up with other ... and that he was open to billionaires Elon Musk or Larry Ellison, chairman of Oracle, buying the social media app.
Jimmy Donaldson - aka MrBeast - was jubilant as he told his tens of millions of TikTok followers about his bid to buy the platform. "I might become you guys' new CEO! I'm super excited!" Donaldson said from a private jet. He then proceeded to promise $10,000 to five random new followers.
Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle Corporation, has an estimated net worth of approximately $200 billion, currently placing him among the third richest person in the world, according to Forbes.
MrBeast, one of most successful Internet creators, may join a bid by real estate mogul and Project Liberty founder Frank McCourt to buy TikTok's U.S. arm, McCourt told Axios' Sara Fischer in Davos Wednesday.
The billionaire declined to share details on his sources of financing, but said private equity firms and family offices have reached out.
A well-known YouTuber has hinted at his interest in purchasing TikTok, making an already-complicated situation even murkier.
As the clock ticks down on TikTok’s 75-day reprieve from divesting from its Chinese owners or being banned in the United States, several contenders
A group of American investors, including YouTube star MrBeast and Roblox CEO David Baszucki, has secured over $20 billion for a potential TikTok takeover, but ByteDance has yet to respond to their bid.
Donald Trump claims Microsoft is in talks to buy TikTok from the Chinese-owned ByteDance, circumventing the recent Supreme Court ruling.
At once, Frank McCourt, wearing a dramatic long Irish coat and an Afghan hat, addressed the bar: “Are any of my ex-wives here?” His two ex-wives were nowhere to be seen, but his future wife ...
Several billionaires and media personalities such as MrBeast appear to be on the list of contenders to potentially acquire the popular social