Despite his $2.6 billion net worth, MrBeast said he’s had to borrow cash and didn't even have enough money in his bank account to buy McDonald’s

Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast (Credit: Gilbert Flores / Contributor / Getty Images)

Some successful entrepreneurs sitting atop billion-dollar businesses say they may look rich on paper, but take a peek into their bank accounts, and they’re actually cash poor. Social media mogul Jimmy Donaldson, known to his 514 million YouTube subscribers as MrBeast, claims he’s just as broke as everyone else despite running a $5 billion entertainment empire.

“I’m borrowing money. That’s how little money I have,” Donaldson told the Wall Street Journal earlier this year. “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.”