Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, is one of the biggest and most successful creators in YouTube history. He has made quite a substantial fortune thanks to his massive channels and highly successful retail businesses. However, a part of Jimmy’s fame came from his tendency to give away massive amounts of money. 

Jimmy organizes massive challenge videos only to reward money to the victors. Only in 2021-2022, Jimmy has given away more than $8 Million dollars to the winners of his challenges. Among them, one of the biggest winners was Cam, who bagged the massive dough of $456,000 after winning Jimmy’s Squid Game challenge. 

What happened to the winner of the MrBeast Squid game challenge?

Back in 2021, Jimmy made a video called, ‘$456,000 Squid Game In Real Life!’ It was a challenge video that recreated Netflix’s massive hit television series. With 456 participants competing for a $456k cash prize, the chaotic video attracted a lot of. Currently, it has over 389 million views, and it is the biggest video on Jimmy’s main channel. 

In this massive challenge, the victor was a 19-year-old boy named Cam. During the games he showed an unbeatable will and focus, making his way to the top. In a post-tournament, Cam revealed that he had almost missed his chance to appear in the video, as he didn’t apply as soon as Jimmy announced entries were open on his TikTok. 

Despite being late to apply for the tournament, Cam was able to beat all the other contestants and bag the humongous prize. Winning almost half a million in such a short time, made Cam attracted a lot of attention. Many of his friends and family tried to exploit the kid. But Cam stayed firm. “I’ll build for my future. Can’t forget about that. Build for my future. Most definitely don’t want to go broke. I don’t plan on spending all of it most definitely, but yeah man, just building for my future,” said Cam about his future. 

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Currently, Cam is trying to save for his future, and with the rest of the money, he wants to follow in Jimmy’s footsteps. Cam wants to do something for the community and give back to the people. Just like his mentor MrBeast, Cam also wants to bring smiles to people’s faces and try to make a better world. 

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