Did you know TikTok Ownership Up for Grabs: Influential Buyers Line Up Including MrBeast, Elon Musk, and Shark Tank Star

 

Donald Trump just issued an executive order that gives popular social media giant TikTok just 75 days to consider selling ownership rights to a potential US buyer. While Trump did express his desire for both Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison as top picks for buyers, there are many other leading names worth a mention in this race.

The US President shared how every ‘rich’ and influential person in America contacted him about the deal and how they were keenly interested. Therefore, we’ve listed down the names of those who might actually be the final buyer.

TikTok’s parent firm ByteDance is yet to release a statement on this front but China’s government did seem interested in a 50% partnership deal for ownership rights. This way, Trump feels both partners can mutually benefit so let’s take a look at who that may be.

Popular YouTuber MrBeast is in the running as he posted on January 14th how keenly interested he was in the deal. “If that’s what it will take to stop it getting banned, I’ll buy it!”- Jimmy Donaldson mentioned.

Since then, he’s shared a lot of content from conference rooms where deals and financial proceedings were in discussion. If that was not enough, he geared up more excitement by publishing more images of his private jet on its way to buy the platform.

Next up is no surprise, Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk has been the popular name from the lot since the start. Moreover, officials in the capital of China were even speaking about a possible deal in the making with the X owner and TikTok CEO.

When TikTok was asked to comment more on the matter, they denied all the rumors, calling it pure fiction. Many agreed that since the tech billionaire might have a lot of investments in China, he’s a leading candidate. Moreover, he might even help reduce tensions between both nations through such a sellout, not to mention the host of data available to train his xAI.

Next on the list of potential US buyers for TikTok is Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary. The celeb put in a bid to buy the app while being a part of a unit called The People’s Bid for TikTok. This was submitted the day before the temporary blackout of TikTok ensued.

No other details were shared including the amount for the bid but we can confirm offers went as far as to purchase it without the algorithm. This meant they would redesign its back end using technology from America but not all experts felt that idea would work or give rise to the same success it has today.

Another leading choice for US buyers is the CEO of Perpleixty AI. They also wished a desire to merge with the company in the US with a handsome offer. Under such a bid, most of its investors would still get their original equity stake and the startup would attain more videos for model training.

Last but not least, we might see the US Government making the purchase. Trump made it clear that he wants America to have 50% ownership through a joint venture. No other details were shared on how exactly that would work.

So as you can see, the race for the highest and most lucrative offer is still on the rise. Many other influential businessmen did express a similar desire for the sellout but the ones enlisted are certainly the top contenders.

For now, we’ll just have to wait and watch what decision ByteDance ends up making, if any.