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Donaldson has built a massive following over the years by creating viral videos and staging stunts for his YouTube channel. <\/p>\n
These have snowballed into huge high-stakes challenges where he gives away large sums of money to strangers.<\/p>\n
He also helped create the Prime Video reality competition series, Beast Games, which was inspired by the hit Netflix show Squid Game. <\/p>\n
It follows contestants as they play a series of games in the hope of winning a $5m (\u00a33.7m) prize pot.<\/p>\n
Booysen, originally from South Africa, also has her own channel on the site, TheaBeasty, with nearly 140,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old also streams games on Twitch and is a published author.<\/p>\n
Being the most successful YouTuber has not come without controversy for Donaldson. <\/p>\n
In April, MrBeast’s media company, Beast Industries, was sued by a former employee<\/a> over claims of sexual harassment and workplace gender bias.<\/p>\n He has also faced legal action by contestants in the Beast Games on how they were treated, as well as claims his viral giveaways and competitions are staged and pre-planned. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n