Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Says He's Near Deal to Buy TikTok

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Kevin O'Leary is acceptable to marque a woody to halt the U.S. TikTok ban.

The Shark Tank prima has teamed up with different entrepreneurs—including erstwhile Los Angeles Dodgers proprietor Frank McCourt—to pb a bid successful purchasing the societal media level from its Beijing-based genitor institution ByteDance, which has been required by U.S. officials to merchantability its assets to an American purchaser oregon look a nationwide ban.

However, O'Leary believes helium needs assistance from President-elect Donald Trump to decorativeness the job.

"Trump volition beryllium who we person to enactment with to adjacent the woody successful the months ahead," helium said during a Jan. 6 quality connected Fox News' The Story with Martha MacCallum, per The Wrap. "So, I wanted to fto him know—as good arsenic others successful his cabinet—that we're doing this, and we're going to request their help."

As to wherefore O'Leary wants to acquisition TikTok? 

"This isn't conscionable astir buying TikTok's U.S. assets," helium wrote successful a Jan. 6 message connected X, formerly Twitter. "It’s astir thing overmuch bigger: protecting the privateness of 170 cardinal American users."

In the past, O'Leary said TikTok is worthy "worth billions" arsenic 1 of the "most palmy advertizing platforms successful societal media today."

"What I'm proposing is purchasing these assets into a caller American company," helium told Fox & Friends successful March 2024. "I'll warrant it becomes harmless for the users, the parents, tiny concern and ample business."

Indeed, there's a batch of wealth to beryllium made connected TikTok. Keep speechmaking to find retired however overmuch wealth influencers connected the app—as good arsenic different societal media platforms—earn. 

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In the past, O'Leary said TikTok is worthy "worth billions" arsenic 1 of the "most palmy advertizing platforms successful societal media today."

"What I'm proposing is purchasing these assets into a caller American company," helium told Fox & Friends successful March 2024. "I'll warrant it becomes harmless for the users, the parents, tiny concern and ample business."

Indeed, there's a batch of wealth to beryllium made connected TikTok. Keep speechmaking to find retired however overmuch wealth influencers connected the app—as good arsenic different societal media platforms—earn. 

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Sophie Rain

The OnlyFans exemplary revealed that she made implicit $43 cardinal successful conscionable 1 twelvemonth connected the big subscription platform. In fact, she adjacent shared screenshots of her net from November 2023 to November 2024, which included a $4.7 cardinal paycheck from 1 subscriber alone. 

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JoJo Siwa 

The Dance Moms alum revealed that she made "six digits a month, easy" connected YouTube videos arsenic a 13-year-old. She added successful the 2024 documentary Child Star that she present posts up to 300 times a time connected Snapchat arsenic portion of her influencing career.

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Chris Olsen

The TikToker revealed he has a nett worthy of implicit 7 figures.

"You guys tin support calling maine annoying," helium quipped successful a July 2024 video. "Being annoying has made maine a millionaire."

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Jeffree Star

The constitution creator revealed helium earns $50,000 erstwhile helium hosts a TikTok live—which helium does 4 oregon 5 times a week—through selling cosmetics and gifting from fans.

"I'll marque bacon successful the greeting and marque $50,000," Jeffree told the Cancelled podcast successful November 2024. "There's immoderate times wherever I don't merchantability astatine all, and I'll conscionable marque bacon successful my kitchen, successful my bathrobe, successful my small slippers, we'll conscionable bent retired and I'll conscionable chat and I'll bash a Q&A."

Other times, he's making slope by offering discounts connected his ain branded constitution products.

"It's a niche marketplace but it's massive," helium added. "We're the No. 1 oregon 2 quality store."

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Markell Washington

Markell—known for his creation videos—told Salary Transparency Street successful 2023 that helium earns betwixt $500,000 and $700,000 a year, mostly from marque deals and Snapchat's mid-roll program.

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Deepti Vempati and Natalie Lee

After appearing connected Netflix's dating amusement Love Is Blind in 2022, the brace pivoted to societal media stardom and said they each made $500,000 successful little than 2 years arsenic influencers.

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Julia

The ASMR influencer—known arsenic @itsblitzzz connected YouTube —admitted successful January 2024 that she scores astir $56,400 a twelvemonth connected advertisement gross from aged videos, without creating caller content.

She's made implicit $610,000 successful 14 years connected the level successful advertisement gross alone, with little than a cardinal subscribers.

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King Caitlin ASMR

The ASMR creator shared that she made $3,948.05 connected TikTok successful September 2024 (with astir 400,000 followers) and $910.95 connected YouTube successful the aforesaid period (with astir 27,000 subscribers).

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Makayla Samountry

The Minnesota YouTuber made implicit $193,000 connected the big level OnlyFans from January 2020 to December 2022, she shared successful a Medium article.

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Morgan Presley

As explained connected The Really Good Podcast successful 2023, the contented creator has scored $50,000 connected a azygous sponsored video.

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Gigi Robinson

The chronic unwellness advocator told Salary Transparency Street successful 2023 that she earns astir $150,000 a twelvemonth with little than 40,000 Instagram followers.

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Ben Brainard

The comedian charges betwixt $5,000 and $10,000 for a sponsored video, helium told Salary Transparency Street.

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Kamillah Rae

The YouTuber shared that she made $4,746.94 from monetization connected the level from August 2023 to January 2024 (from a full of 923,700 video views), with nether 30,000 subscribers.

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