00:00Mr. Beast made $85 million last year, but says he feels like a zoo animal with no free will.
00:06With 391 million subscribers and a media empire including Beast Burger and Feastables,
00:13Jimmy Donald, aka Mr. Beast, is the richest YouTuber in the world, but the fame comes with
00:19a brutal cost. Jimmy recently shared on the Diary of a CEO podcast that he often goes weeks without
00:24sleep, flies hundreds of days out of the year, and often lives what he calls a robotic life. Even
00:31the little things he loves in life like board games often get pushed to the side. At one point
00:36he said, quote, I'm like a zoo animal. No one wants to live the life I have. His baseline, more unhappy
00:42than happy, but he says that struggle is what sets him apart. Even helping others sparks backlash. He
00:48said, quote, the more good you do, the more people think you're secretly evil. And when asked if he
00:54keeps the cash, he replied saying, quote, money is just the fuel to grow the business. That's all.
01:00The world sees a success story. He sees a price almost no one would pay.
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