The billionaire declined to share details on his sources of financing, but said private equity firms and family offices have reached out.

Frank McCourt’s Project Liberty and other investors have submitted a bid to buy TikTok from China-based ByteDance after a court-ordered divestiture or shutdown.

MrBeast, one of most successful Internet creators, may join a bid by real estate mogul and Project Liberty founder Frank McCourt to buy TikTok's U.S. arm, McCourt told Axios' Sara Fischer in Davos Wednesday.

ByteDance has repeatedly stated it has no desire to sell TikTok, yet O’Leary has been persistent in his campaign to buy the U.S. arm of the platform — even without the algorithm in place.

At the moment, Frank McCourt is the only bidder who has made a public offer to purchase TikTok. © 2024 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights Reserved. Use of this ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Businessman Frank McCourt is "open-minded" to keeping TikTok's existing investors, including the founder, involved after any deal to buy the U.S. operations of the Chinese-owned ...

China’s foreign and commerce ministries didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on whether Beijing would allow the American government to own part of TikTok.

As the deadline for a potential TikTok ban in the U.S. approaches, billionaire and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt's Project Liberty confirmed making a formal offer to Bytedance ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The supremely popular TikTok could be banned on Jan. 19 under a federal law that forces the video sharing platform to divest itself from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, or shut down its U.S. operations.

Frank McCourt, a billionaire investor who has campaigned to make the internet safer through his Project Liberty foundation, has made a bid for TikTok. McCourt told NBC News' Kate Snow that he will make "fundamental" changes to the app if his bid is successful.

Billionaire Frank McCourt says he is open to others joining his bid for U.S. TikTok, January 23, 2025. "If, as things evolve, there are other financial arrangements, we don't need to own 100 percent of TikTok.

Billionaire Frank McCourt remains open to partnering with other buyers in acquiring TikTok's U.S. operations, but insists on maintaining control. McCourt's Project Liberty submitted a bid without including TikTok's algorithm,