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Creators who founded companies, brands and charities
92 creators Peekworthy tracks are recorded as founders of a company, brand or organisation. The most-followed is MrBeast, founder of Beast Philanthropy, Feastables, MrBeast Burger, Team Seas.
Updated 2026-09-17. Figures are dated and sourced below.
Creators and what they founded
Founder records come from Wikidata. They cover companies, product brands, charities and media organisations alike.
| Creator | Founded | Largest platform | Count | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MrBeast | Beast Philanthropy, Feastables, MrBeast Burger, Team Seas, Team Trees | YouTube | 421,000,000 | August 10, 2025 |
| Dua Lipa | Service95, Sunny Hill Festival | 77,000,000 | January 1, 2022 | |
| Kylie Jenner | Kylie Cosmetics | X | 40,483,996 | February 6, 2023 |
| Mark Rober | Team Seas, Team Trees | YouTube | 71,100,000 | September 20, 2025 |
| David Dobrik | Dispo | TikTok | 25,200,000 | January 1, 2021 |
| Zhong | Epic Zhong AB | YouTube | 52,900,000 | March 1, 2025 |
| Oprah Winfrey | Harpo Productions, O, The Oprah Magazine, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, Oprah Winfrey Network, Oxygen, The Angel Network | X | 43,001,575 | February 3, 2023 |
| Huddy | The Hype House | TikTok | 32,400,000 | January 1, 2022 |
| Dream | Dream SMP | YouTube | 32,600,000 | May 18, 2025 |
| Squeezie | Gentle Mates | YouTube | 19,800,000 | October 22, 2025 |
| Ibai Llanos | KOI, Kings League, Rōnin FC | YouTube | 15,100,000 | November 22, 2025 |
| Tibo InShape | ShapeYou | YouTube | 25,900,000 | January 26, 2025 |
| Jake Paul | Most Valuable Promotions | YouTube | 20,900,000 | June 14, 2025 |
| Dhar Mann | weGrow | YouTube | 24,800,000 | April 14, 2025 |
| Cyprien Iov | 301 vues | YouTube | 14,500,000 | April 27, 2025 |
| Josh Liljenquist | Live to Love | TikTok | 11,400,000 | August 12, 2026 |
| Jeffree Star | Jeffree Star Cosmetics | YouTube | 15,700,000 | April 24, 2025 |
| Sergio Agüero | Jet Racing | X | 16,717,278 | February 6, 2023 |
| Cr1TiKaL | Moist Esports | YouTube | 17,200,000 | September 20, 2025 |
| TommyInnit | Origins SMP | YouTube | 15,000,000 | October 23, 2025 |
| Ray William Johnson | Fat Damon Cartoon Records | YouTube | 18,100,000 | February 9, 2025 |
| MatPat | Creator Economy Caucus, Theorist Media | YouTube | 13,400,000 | October 22, 2025 |
| Russell Brand | Trew Era Cafe | X | 11,194,639 | February 4, 2023 |
| Linus Sebastian | Linus Media Group | YouTube | 16,400,000 | July 12, 2025 |
| Troye Sivan | Tsu Lange Yor | X | 8,517,405 | September 1, 2024 |
| Ben Shapiro | The Daily Wire | X | 7,968,913 | November 3, 2025 |
| Casey Neistat | Beme Inc. | YouTube | 12,600,000 | April 27, 2025 |
| GeorgeNotFound | Dream SMP | YouTube | 9,960,000 | March 23, 2025 |
| Daniel Howell | IRL Digital Ltd | X | 7,716,824 | February 6, 2023 |
| Connor Franta | Heard Well | X | 8,603,594 | February 11, 2023 |
| Jeremy Lynch | HP-1 | YouTube | 13,100,000 | November 27, 2025 |
| Jordan Peterson | Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, Peterson Academy, Thinkspot | YouTube | 8,560,000 | January 26, 2025 |
| Phil Lester | IRL Digital Ltd | X | 6,903,579 | February 7, 2023 |
| Anthony Padilla | Smosh | YouTube | 7,650,000 | March 10, 2025 |
| Juninho Manella | VossoCast | TikTok | 3,489,012 | February 28, 2025 |
| Videogamedunkey | Bigmode | YouTube | 7,540,000 | January 26, 2025 |
| Wilbur Soot | Anvil Cat Records, SMPEarth | YouTube | 5,350,000 | October 23, 2025 |
| Candace Owens | Blexit Foundation | YouTube | 5,400,000 | October 11, 2025 |
| Ludwig Ahgren | Offbrand, Offbrand Games | YouTube | 6,720,000 | August 17, 2025 |
| Jonas Ems | moonvibe GmbH | TikTok | 3,400,000 | August 18, 2025 |
| Gary Vaynerchuk | One37PM, Tracer, Vayner Sports, VaynerMedia, VeeCon, VeeFriends, YummyText | YouTube | 4,630,000 | May 18, 2025 |
| Tucker Carlson | ALP Supply Co., Daily Caller News Foundation, The Daily Caller, Tucker Carlson Network | X | 5,567,122 | February 10, 2023 |
| Dr Disrespect | Midnight Society | YouTube | 4,510,000 | February 22, 2025 |
| Corentin Houssein | Gentle Mates | YouTube | 4,390,000 | November 25, 2025 |
| Nadeshot | 100 Thieves | YouTube | 3,180,000 | April 14, 2025 |
| Ilya Varlamov | Urban Projects Foundation | YouTube | 5,270,000 | February 9, 2025 |
| Tubbo | The Realm SMP | X | 3,057,333 | November 17, 2021 |
| Jawed Karim | YouTube | YouTube | 5,710,000 | September 20, 2025 |
| Disguised Toast | Disguised | YouTube | 3,790,000 | October 23, 2025 |
| Mackenzie Ziegler | Positively Social | YouTube | 3,840,000 | March 30, 2025 |
| T-Pain | Nappy Boy Entertainment | YouTube | 3,560,000 | February 1, 2025 |
| Asmongold | One True King | YouTube | 4,090,000 | October 11, 2025 |
| TheBlondeJon | NFTMagazine.com | TikTok | 4,700,000 | December 9, 2022 |
| LockPickingLawyer | Covert Instruments | YouTube | 4,590,000 | May 11, 2025 |
| Calfreezy | The Fellas Studios | YouTube | 4,360,000 | March 23, 2025 |
| Dave Rubin | Locals, Thinkspot | YouTube | 2,990,000 | July 26, 2025 |
| Mikuru Asakura | Breaking Down | YouTube | 3,450,000 | May 25, 2025 |
| Zakir Naik | Peace TV Foundation | YouTube | 4,230,000 | February 22, 2025 |
| Hank Green | Complexly, DFTBA Records, Good Store | YouTube | 2,660,000 | October 25, 2025 |
| Huda Kathan | Kayali (company) | YouTube | 4,170,000 | May 11, 2025 |
| Namewee | RED People | YouTube | 3,640,000 | May 25, 2025 |
| Fred Mills | The B1M | YouTube | 3,640,000 | June 1, 2025 |
| Devin Stone | LegalEagle | YouTube | 3,540,000 | January 26, 2025 |
| Anatoly Shariy | Sharij Party | YouTube | 3,230,000 | January 26, 2025 |
| Anastasia Bondarenko | AmofTaste | TikTok | 1,738,304 | February 19, 2024 |
| Trixie Mattel | Trixie Cosmetics | YouTube | 2,250,000 | March 10, 2025 |
| Taskeen Fatima Basha | Skillo | YouTube | 3,390,000 | December 5, 2025 |
| William Osman | Open Sauce | YouTube | 3,020,000 | March 15, 2025 |
| Fuze III | Paladium | YouTube | 3,010,000 | December 21, 2011 |
| Juju Fitcats | ShapeYou | YouTube | 3,180,000 | August 27, 2017 |
| Jörg Sprave | Youtubers Union | YouTube | 3,080,000 | May 25, 2025 |
| Sajad Shingali | Sajjad News Agency | YouTube | 2,890,000 | July 1, 2025 |
| HandOfBlood | Eintracht Spandau | YouTube | 2,740,000 | August 1, 2024 |
| Maxim Katz | Urban Projects Foundation | YouTube | 2,430,000 | June 7, 2025 |
| Hila Klein | Teddy Fresh | YouTube | 1,790,000 | February 1, 2025 |
| Fidias Panayiotou | Direct Democracy Cyprus | YouTube | 2,700,000 | July 12, 2025 |
| JMX | Fanvue | YouTube | 2,390,000 | April 1, 2025 |
| Tsai A-Ga | Da Tou Fo Co., Ltd | YouTube | 2,540,000 | November 26, 2025 |
| James Hoffmann | Square Mile Coffee | YouTube | 2,410,000 | October 11, 2025 |
| Louis Rossmann | Consumer Rights Wiki | YouTube | 2,450,000 | October 23, 2025 |
| Ayman Sadiq | 10 Minute School | YouTube | 2,350,000 | April 25, 2025 |
| Clayton Morris | Morris Invest | YouTube | 2,200,000 | December 18, 2023 |
| Prime | Prime Corp Productions | YouTube | 1,610,000 | March 9, 2021 |
| Rezo | Nindo | YouTube | 1,710,000 | October 24, 2025 |
| Caitlin Doughty | Death Salon | YouTube | 2,090,000 | March 30, 2025 |
| Tristan Tate | Britain Restoring Underlying Values Party | 1,411,771 | November 4, 2023 | |
| Adam Neely | Sungazer | YouTube | 1,800,000 | May 18, 2025 |
| TheBurntChip | The Fellas Studios | YouTube | 1,880,000 | March 19, 2025 |
| Nikita Mikhalkov | Eurasian Bridge, National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia, TriTe | YouTube | 1,650,000 | January 16, 2024 |
| Chang Chih-chyi | Can't Stop This Party | YouTube | 1,620,000 | October 1, 2025 |
| ELMEEV | Twinty | YouTube | 1,604,664 | September 22, 2021 |
| Marina Mogilko | LinguaTrip | YouTube | 1,430,000 | November 25, 2025 |
MrBeastBusiness421M18.2M
Dua LipaMusic77M23.4M10.3M
Kylie JennerBusiness40.5M37.8M12.1M
Mark RoberEducation71.1M505.5K
David DobrikComedy25.2M17.3M11MZZhongEntertainment52.9M15.7K
Oprah WinfreyEntertainment43M600K
HuddyMusic32.4M2.9M2M
DreamGaming32.6M4.4M
SqueezieBusiness19.8M9.2M
Ibai LlanosGaming15.1M12.5M
Tibo InShapeBusiness25.9M1.3MQuestions people ask
Which YouTubers have started their own companies?
Creators recorded as founders include MrBeast (Beast Philanthropy, Feastables, MrBeast Burger); Dua Lipa (Service95, Sunny Hill Festival); Kylie Jenner (Kylie Cosmetics); Mark Rober (Team Seas, Team Trees); David Dobrik (Dispo).
Sources
- Wikidata (CC0): creator records and dated follower counts
- Wikidata: MrBeast
- Wikidata: Dua Lipa
- Wikidata: Kylie Jenner
- Wikidata: Mark Rober
- Wikidata: David Dobrik
- Wikidata: Zhong
- Wikidata: Oprah Winfrey
- Wikidata: Huddy
- Wikidata: Dream
- Wikidata: Squeezie
- Wikidata: Ibai Llanos
- Wikidata: Tibo InShape
- Wikidata: Jake Paul
- Wikidata: Dhar Mann
- Wikidata: Cyprien Iov
- Wikidata: Josh Liljenquist
- Wikidata: Jeffree Star
- Wikidata: Sergio Agüero
- Wikidata: Cr1TiKaL
- Wikidata: TommyInnit
- Wikidata: Ray William Johnson
- Wikidata: MatPat
- Wikidata: Russell Brand
- Wikidata: Linus Sebastian
- Wikidata: Troye Sivan