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“I’m an investor in Jimmy’s [MrBeast] company, and when you look at how that company is, it resembles a Fortune 500 holding company.”

On Fortune Daily with Ellie Austin, The Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett discussed what he sees as the “last era” of the creator economy, in which creators move beyond being influencers to become owners or cofounders, with businesses that operate more like major corporations.

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00:00Creators are basically co-founding businesses with these brands and that's
00:03like the era we're in now. I think the fifth era is when, and we're starting to
00:07see this with people like Mr. Beast, is when actually their companies, the creator
00:11engages in M&A and acts more like a Fortune 500 company. I'm an investor in
00:15Jimmy's company and when you look at how that company is built it resembles a
00:18Fortune 500 holding company. It has a C-suite that will often come from
00:22publicly listed companies. They just bought a bank. This is the, for me, is the
00:26like the last era that we're heading towards within this creator economy
00:29where you're no longer an influencer, you're no longer an equity partner, a
00:32creative director, you are a owner or co-founder.

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