Is MrBeast broke?
The famous YouTuber, 27, made wild claims about how much money he has in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal.
“It’s funny talking about my personal finances because no one ever believes anything I say, because they’re like, ‘You’re a billionaire,’” MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, said. “I’m like, that’s net worth.”
According to Forbes, MrBeast is worth $85 million as of June 2025. Fortune reported in Sept. 2025 that his company, Beast Industries, which he owns a little more than half of, is worth $5 billion.
“I actually… I have negative money right now,” he claimed in the interview. “I’m borrowing money. That’s how little money I have. Technically, everyone watching this video has more money than me in their bank account if you subtract the equity value of my company, which doesn’t buy me McDonald’s in the morning, or whatever.”
The content creator also elaborated on how he previously said that he keeps less than $1 million in his personal bank account.
“I just don’t really think of it. I wake up, I just work. I’m just so busy working. I don’t really think about my personal bank account, if that makes sense,” he told the WSJ. “I’m just laser-focused on making the greatest videos possible and building the business as big as possible.”
Despite his finance claims, MrBeast revealed that he recently splurged to see his fiancée, Thea Booysen.
“She was studying in the UK and I really wanted to see her,” he explained. “I don’t live near a major airport. I have to drive two hours to an airport to then take a layover to take a layover to get to places. One time I was like, ‘Screw it. I’m just gonna rent a private jet and fly to her because I really want to see her.’”
“But if I don’t rent a PJ, I literally just can’t make it work,” he continued. “A PJ flight is eight hours, whereas, commercial it’d be like 19 there and back. It’s like so much wasted time, and that was probably, like $150,000.”
MrBeast added, “I felt so bad, but I just really wanted to see my fiancée.”
Last June, MrBeast claimed he asked his mom for money to pay for his upcoming wedding to Booysen, 28.
“I personally have very little money because I reinvest everything (I think this year we’ll spend around a quarter of a billion on content),” he tweeted.
“Ironically i’m actually borrowing $ from my mom to pay for my upcoming wedding lol,” he added, “But sure, on paper the businesses I own are worth a lot.”
In addition to his Beast Industries business, the social media personality has his competition series “Beast Games,” which gave its first season winner a whopping $10 million in prize money, and his Feastables chocolate brand.
