Billionaire YouTuber MrBeast spent $10m building a village in Ghana—he says viewers engage less with philanthropy videos but ‘I’ll keep making them’ | Fortune0

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• September 21, 2026

The digital age has bred a new type of philanthropist: online content creators with huge followings and platforms to share issues they care about. YouTuber MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has the biggest subscriber count on the site. This weekend, Donaldson—reportedly worth $2.6 billion—posted a video sharing the process of building a village