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Billionaire YouTuber MrBeast spent $10 million building a village in Ghana—he says viewers watch philanthropy videos less but ‘I’ll keep making them’

Donaldson wrote on social media platform X that his 14-year career on YouTube so far had been leading up to the humanitarian project, which took eight months to complete.

Billionaire YouTuber MrBeast spent $10 million building a village in Ghana—he says viewers watch philanthropy videos less but ‘I’ll keep making them’

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Donaldson wrote on social media platform X that his 14-year career on YouTube so far had been leading up to the humanitarian project, which took eight months to complete.

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