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Inside the high-wire business of MrBeast

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Jimmy Donaldson , aka MrBeast , has been talking with investors about raising $200 million in a funding round that would value his holding company, Beast Industries , at more than $5 billion .

Investors are betting that the future of MrBeast ’s business will be selling physical products, not videos.

MrBeast has never been profitable and doesn’t expect to be anytime soon.

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