The original $30 million goal for #TeamSeas has been surpassed, with more than $34 million raised.

The original goal of 20 million trees for #TeamTrees has been far surpassed, with over 24.8 million trees in the ground.

Donaldson announced his engagement to Booysen.

Donaldson got engaged to Thea Booysen.

Donaldson uploaded his 300 million subscribers special, '50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000'.

Donaldson became the first YouTuber to surpass 300 million subscribers.

Donaldson surpassed India-based music label and film production company T-Series for the title of the most subscribed channel on YouTube.

Donaldson surpassed 200 million subscribers.

Donaldson achieved the Guinness World Record of 'Most Subscribers for an Individual Male on YouTube' with his MrBeast channel at 112 million subscribers.

Donaldson surpassed 100 million subscribers on his main channel.

Donaldson created a third influencer tournament featuring 15 competitors with a grand prize of $1 million.

Donaldson uploaded '$456,000 Squid Game in Real Life!', a recreation of the survival drama streaming television series Squid Game.

Donaldson and Rober organized another collaborative challenge event on YouTube titled #TeamSeas.

Donaldson signed a Facebook and Snapchat content distribution deal with Jellysmack.

Donaldson released the 'Youtube Rewind 2020, Thank God It's Over' video.

Donaldson created a rock, paper, scissors competition stream that featured 32 influencers and a grand prize of $250,000.

Donaldson published the video 'I Opened A FREE BANK', which later faced allegations of using counterfeit money.

Donaldson and fellow YouTuber Mark Rober announced a collaborative fundraising challenge event on YouTube called #TeamTrees.

Donaldson organized and filmed a real-life battle royale competition in Los Angeles with prizes totaling $200,000.

Donaldson published an almost day-long video of himself counting to 100,000, which became his breakthrough viral video.

Donaldson uploaded his first YouTube video under the channel name 'MrBeast6000'.

James Stephen Donaldson was born in Wichita, Kansas.