From Elon Musk, MRBEAST to Netflix: Find Tiktok’s potential buyers under the threat of the United States

Tiktok, a popular social media platform supported by the Chinese company’s bytes, was postponed by the US President Donald Trump on January 19, and has been looking for new buyers for its US business for nearly two months. Otherwise it will face a ban.

On January 19, Tiktok was briefly prohibited because it was worried that its contact with China would pose a potential threat to the US national security.

However, it is unclear whether the byte beating is willing to sell this popular video application, which may receive a return of nearly $ 50 billion.

TIKTOK currently has 170 million U.S. monthly users, which has become the main driving force of young American culture and politics; therefore, many bidders have expressed their interest in buying.

According to Bloomberg, the following is the list of potential buyers of TIKTOK.

Who has expressed interest in public?

Mr. Beast

Jimmy Donaldson (also known as MRBEAST) is one of the richest content creators. He is discussing the possibility of buying Tiktok with a number of investment groups who want to buy Tiktok. One of them was led by the founder of employer.com and technology entrepreneur Jesse Tinsley. However, Donaldson has not yet finalized the details of the agreement.

A spokesman told Bloomberg: “Several potential buyers are continuing to discuss with Jimmy, but he has no exclusive agreement with any of them.”

Frank McCart and Kevin Oli

Billionaire McCart, Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary has shown his interest in acquiring Tiktok and has submitted the same bid.麦考特表示，两人不需要获得在社交媒体平台上推荐内容的软件算法，这使得他们的出价对字节跳动和中国政府更具吸引力，而他们不愿意出售该技术。 McCart was also willing to let the US government participate in the agreement, “I agree with any legal things,” he told CNBC.

What does Donald Trump want?

Elon Musk

According to the Bloomberg billionaire index, Elon Musk’s net assets in the world reached $ 440 billion in net assets, which is one of the favorite TIKTOK buyers of US President Donald Trump.

Musk is one of the senior consultants of Donald Trump and has another social media platform X, which used to be Twitter. Even Chinese government officials discussed the possibility of Musk’s Tiktok, which made him one of the few potential buyers approved by the United States and Chinese officials.

Larry Erisen

In addition to Elon Musk, Trump also has an open mind about the idea of ​​Tiktok, chairman of Oracle Company, to acquire Tiktok. “I hope Larry can also buy it,” Trump said in an event. Erisen often supports Trump. Oracle is also the main technology and infrastructure partners of TIKTOK, and it has stored US data from the platform. Four years ago, when Trump tried to forcibly sell Tiktok, Oracle chose to acquire Tiktok before. However, the transaction eventually broke. At the same time, Oracle is still carrying the debts acquired before, and mainly invested in data centers.

American government

Donald Trump continues to claim that TIKTOK should be owned by the “Meridist” part. He urged new buyers to give half of the shares to the United States in exchange for “permission” so that Tiktok can operate in the country. However, more details on this arrangement have not yet been announced, and how the government will have a private enterprise or digital media company and China will approve this arrangement.

Other potential buyers of tiktok

Yuan

Meta Platforms Inc. already has major social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, which makes them have the advantages of mature advertising business and network. This will help Tiktok to expand its services. CEO Mark Zuckerberg can be said to be better than anyone else to establish a large number of audiences online. However, this transaction is unlikely to be realized because Meta is facing huge antitrust censorship, and the US federal regulatory agency has strictly accused it. Therefore, the possibility of buying another social network platform is very small.

Google

Google has the most popular video streaming platform YouTube and has a strong advertising business, which is in line with Tiktok’s interests. Because YouTube has in -depth understanding and experience in online content creators, this transaction will be more attractive. However, similar to Meta, Google is dealing with antitrust charges. Last year, the US Department of Justice found Google’s illegal monopoly online search market. Therefore, the Tiktok transaction is unlikely to be approved by the US regulatory agency.

Amazon

Amazon already has a video stream platform Twitch. This company supported by Jeff Bezos is already Tiktok’s partner/potential TIKTOK transaction in TIKTOK will help benefit from the in -depth penetration of Tiktok Shop, the e -commerce department of the application, Integration. However, it is unclear whether Amazon plans to acquire Tiktok. However, Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos and US President Donald Trump have become increasingly closer and do not deny this possibility. Bezos and his partner Lauren Sanchez attended Trump’s inauguration.

Microsoft

Another potential buyer of Tiktok is Microsoft, a technology giant. Four years ago, when Tiktok was sold, Microsoft. It is an early bidder who purchased the platform. In terms of social networking sites, Microsoft already has LinkedIn. In 2020, CEO Satya Nadella said the sales process was the “strange thing he had engaged in. However, it is unclear whether Microsoft is interested in acquiring Tiktok.

Netflix

Netflix Inc. has never received major acquisitions, and has repeatedly denied that they are interested in such transactions. According to reports, in 2020, Tiktok’s possible transactions have contacted Netflix. However, everything was not realized at the time; Netflix was still one of the possible choices of streaming giants. This transaction may help Netflix come into contact with millions of young American consumers.