India, Jan. 15 -- YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast claims he has "negative money right now", despite running a $5 billion company. In fact, the YouTuber-turned-entrepreneur claims the money in his bank account would not cover the cost of a McDonald's meal.

"I'm borrowing money. That's how little money I have," Donaldson told the Wall Street Journal earlier this month. "Technically, everyone watching this video has more money than me in their bank account if you subtract the equity value of my company, which doesn't buy me McDonald's in the morning."

Donaldson - better known as MrBeast to his 460 million YouTube subscribers - claimed that his billionaire status comes from his share in Beast Industries, which is valued at $5 billion. ...