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☆ MrBeast is prepping us for his presidential run in 2036
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

YouTube star MrBeast jokes about running for president. MrBeast says he'd abandon political parties and take a centrist approach to America's problems. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThings have gotten so bad in the 2024 US election cycle that American YouTube celebrity MrBeast is now joking about running for president himself. "If we lower the age to run for president I'll jump in the race," he wrote on X.

Persons: MrBeast, —, Jimmy Donaldson — Organizations: Service, YouTube

☆ YouTube sensation Caspar Lee on why he quit the platform to build a business empire
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

30-year-old Caspar Lee was once a YouTube megastar and is now a serial entrepreneur. Caspar LeeCaspar Lee belongs to a crop of content creators who found early success on YouTube back in the 2010s, commanding millions of views on the platform. Lee said his first venture into entrepreneurship was when in 2017 he co-founded the influencer marketing company Influencer.com, alongside Ben Jeffries. Lee co-founded a venture capital firm Creator Ventures with his cousin Sasha Kaletsky in 2022. Caspar LeeThereafter, Lee co-founded Proper Living — accommodation in Cape Town for students and young professionals.

Persons: Caspar Lee, Caspar Lee Caspar Lee, Zoe Sugg, Marcus Butler, Joe Sugg, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Kevin Hart, Lee, Goldman Sachs, they're, Ben Jeffries, Joe Suggs, Sasha Kaletsky, Caspar Lee Thereafter, I've, Influencer.com, Sasha Kaletsky —, Kaletsky, shouldn't Organizations: YouTube, CNBC, Google, MVE, IMG, Endeavor Group, Ventures, Forbes, Bridgepoint, Labs Locations: England, Knysna, South Africa, American, Cape Town, Europe, London

☆ Electric SUV maker Fisker files for bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Olesya Dmitracova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Fisker, a US electric vehicle startup, said Tuesday it had filed for bankruptcy. Fisker added then that it was in discussions with an existing investor about possibly putting more money into the company. Its sole product is the Fisker Ocean electric SUV. The Ocean was also the subject of a review that month by American YouTuber Marques Brownlee titled, “This is the Worst Car I’ve Ever Reviewed.”“Do not buy this version of the Fisker Ocean,” reads the video’s description. Fisker filed for bankruptcy Monday, choosing the common Chapter 11 route, which allows companies to try to resolve their financial problems through reorganization.

Persons: London CNN —, Fisker, American YouTuber Marques Brownlee, ”, Henrik Fisker, BYD, Tesla Organizations: London CNN, Automotive News, Hyundai, Kia, Ford, General Motors, International Energy Agency Locations: American, EVs, United States, Europe, “

☆ American YouTube Personality Released After Being Kidnapped in Haiti
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( David C. Adams | Andre Paultre | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

An American YouTube personality who was kidnapped two weeks ago by a gang leader in Haiti was released over the weekend and was on his way home to the United States on Monday morning, according to his father. The American, Adisson Pierre Maalouf, 26, had traveled to Haiti from the neighboring Dominican Republic to interview Jimmy Chérizier, a former police officer and gang leader known as Barbecue, according to Mr. Maalouf’s family, who spoke to The New York Times after his release. Kidnapped with him was Mr. Maalouf’s guide, Jean Sacra Sean Roubens, a Haitian journalist. Mr. Roubens confirmed to The Times that he had also been released.

Persons: Adisson Pierre Maalouf, Jimmy Chérizier, Maalouf’s, Jean Sacra Sean Roubens, Roubens Organizations: New York Times, The Times Locations: American, Haiti, United States, Dominican Republic, Haitian

☆ American YouTube Personality Is Released After Being Kidnapped in Haiti
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( David C. Adams | Andre Paultre | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

An American YouTube personality who was kidnapped two weeks ago by a gang leader in Haiti was released over the weekend and was on his way home to the United States on Monday morning, according to his father. The American, Adisson Pierre Maalouf, 26, had traveled from the neighboring Dominican Republic to interview Jimmy Chérizier, a former police officer and gang leader known as Barbecue, according to Mr. Maalouf’s family, who spoke to The New York Times after his release. Kidnapped with him was Mr. Maalouf’s guide, a Haitian journalist named Jean Sacra Sean Roubens. Mr. Roubens confirmed to The Times that he had also been released.

☆ You can buy this electric luxury SUV for $25,000 right now. But there might be a catch
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —For sale: A brand new luxury electric SUV for the holy-grail price of $25,000. The California-based electric SUV company Fisker faces a real possibility of bankruptcy, and its stock is hovering just over 2 cents a share, far below its 2021 peak of $28.50. Prices for Fisker’s Ocean SUV have been cut by as much 39%. His video was titled, “This is the Worst Car I’ve Ever Reviewed.”“Do not buy this version of the Fisker Ocean,” reads the video’s description. Fisker has said that problems with early versions of the vehicles’ software caused some of the negative responses.

Persons: hasn’t, Marques Brownlee, ”, Fisker, Henrik Fisker Organizations: CNN, American YouTube, Consumer, Magna Steyr, Magna Locations: California, American, Danish, United States, Europe, Austria

☆ Fisker shares halted as EV company navigates uncertain future
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Shares of Fisker, a California-based electric vehicle startup, were halted Monday. Its sole product, the Fisker Ocean electric SUV, was produced in Austria under contract by third-party manufacturer Magna Steyr. Last year, 10,000 SUVs were produced but, in its earnings report, the company said only about half had been delivered to customers. The video was titled, “This is the Worst Car I’ve Ever Reviewed.”“Do not buy this version of the Fisker Ocean,” reads the video’s description. But, besides its own quality issues, Fisker had to deal with much greater competition from established automakers than had existed when the company was established.

Persons: Fisker’s, Fisker, Henrik Fisker, Marques Brownlee, ” Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Nissan, Magna Steyr, Mercedes, BMW, EV, American YouTube, Consumer, Automotive News, Hyundai, Kia, Ford, General Motors Locations: California, Alaska, Austria, Ohio, American

☆ EV maker Fisker’s stock dives after company reportedly explores bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Electric vehicle company Fisker’s stock plunged more than 40% in after-hours trading on Wednesday as investor concern about the company’s ability to stay in business intensified. The Ocean is built in Austria by Magna, a company that has also built vehicles for Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Jaguar. Brownlee’s video has racked up more than 4.5 million views so far and sent the stock plunging after its release. Fisker’s stock was trading at 32 cents a share at the close of trading Wednesday, a more than 80% decline since the start of 2024. Fisker is founder Henrik Fisker’s second car company.

Persons: Fisker, Marques Brownlee, madeh, ”, Henrik Fisker’s, Hurricane Sandy Organizations: CNN —, Wall Street, Magna, Mercedes, Benz, BMW, YouTube, Fisker Automotive, Hurricane Locations: Austria, American

☆ MrBeast: American YouTuber builds 100 wells in Africa, attracting praise – and some criticism
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —American YouTuber MrBeast’s latest video, in which he says he built 100 wells across Africa, has drawn a complex response online since it was published on Saturday. Some Kenyan activists and journalists said he has spotlighted the failures of the Kenyan government, while MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, anticipates that he will be “canceled” following the reaction. The new wells will provide clean drinking water for up to 500,000 people in Cameroon, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda and Zimbabwe, Donaldson said, while an accompanying fundraiser to support local water aid organizations had raised more than $300,000 by Monday morning. Donaldson is the most popular individual creator on YouTube, with more than 200 million subscribers. He has become known for his philanthropy, posting videos in which he sponsored 1,000 blind people’s cataract surgery and bought prosthetic limbs for 2,000 amputees.

Persons: MrBeast, Jimmy Donaldson, Donaldson, Boniface Mwangi, Ferdinand Omondi, ”, I’m, Francis Gaitho Organizations: CNN, Kenyan, ” CNN, YouTube Locations: Africa, Cameroon, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Zimbabwe

☆ I'm a 'ring girl' at high-profile boxing matches. Here's how I landed the gig and use it as a second income.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Kiera Fields | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ring girls walk across the ring in boxing matches with flags that tell the crowd what round is next. One of my older friends was a ring girl, the girl who holds up a sign during the fights showing what round is coming next. I was making more as an influencer – ring girl was never a full-time income. I got the job as a ring girl for a new boxing night this summer through an agencyApollonia Llewellyn in the ring at a Misfits boxing match. The agency had advertised a couple of other ring girl jobs but they weren't suitable or I was busy.

☆ Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has picked his crew for his flight to the moon on SpaceX's Starship, and it includes a DJ and a K-pop star
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has picked his crew for his flight to the moon on SpaceX's Starship. A crew of artists, content creators, and athletes from around the world will fly to the moon as soon as next year. Maezawa, a Japanese fashion tycoon with a net worth of $1.7 billion, had purchased all the seats on the Starship flight back in 2018. His unconventional choice of travel companions for his moon mission is in line with his eclectic and flamboyant persona. In 2020, a year before he launched an open competition for the moon mission, Maezawa announced he was specifically looking for a romantic "female partner" to accompany him to the moon.

☆ I edit YouTube videos for creators like MrBeast. Here's a breakdown of my monthly revenue and how I land big-name clients.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

David Stack, 24, works full time as a YouTube video editor under the alias Restricted Edits. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with David Stack, 24, a YouTube editor from Durham, North Carolina. When I started editing YouTube videos, I was just 13, and I thought it was cool how people were syncing up video-game clips to music. Since then I have been focusing on growing as a YouTube editor in terms of skills and incomeThis job has made me more of an introvert. Working with MrBeast was great, but I'd rather be a freelancerIt was a great experience, and I learned a lot.

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