Overnight multimillionaire and Beast Games winner says MrBeast taught him when it's okay to lose millions on your passion project

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• MrBeast lost “tens of millions” of dollars producing Beast Games—his Amazon Prime TV show. The game’s winner, who took home $10 million, says MrBeast’s dedication is inspiring.

YouTube star MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, spent over $100 million producing his competitive reality-TV show Beast Games. And even though the show was a viewership hit—and won 44 Guinness world records—it was a major financial setback, with losses totaling upward of “tens of millions” of dollars.