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  • 6/6/2025
Mr. Beast, also known as Jimmy Donald, earned $85 million last year and has built a media empire with 391 million subscribers. Despite his wealth and success, he feels like a 'zoo animal' with little free will, living a highly demanding and often robotic life. He shares that even his passion for board games is sidelined, and his baseline mood is more unhappy than happy. His philanthropic efforts face skepticism, and he emphasizes that money is just a means to grow his business.
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00:00Mr. Beast made $85 million last year, but says he feels like a zoo animal with no free will.
00:06With 391 million subscribers and a media empire including Beast Burger and Feastables,
00:13Jimmy Donald, aka Mr. Beast, is the richest YouTuber in the world, but the fame comes with
00:19a brutal cost. Jimmy recently shared on the Diary of a CEO podcast that he often goes weeks without
00:24sleep, flies hundreds of days out of the year, and often lives what he calls a robotic life. Even
00:31the little things he loves in life like board games often get pushed to the side. At one point
00:36he said, quote, I'm like a zoo animal. No one wants to live the life I have. His baseline, more unhappy
00:42than happy, but he says that struggle is what sets him apart. Even helping others sparks backlash. He
00:48said, quote, the more good you do, the more people think you're secretly evil. And when asked if he
00:54keeps the cash, he replied saying, quote, money is just the fuel to grow the business. That's all.
01:00The world sees a success story. He sees a price almost no one would pay.

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