EntertainmentAmerican YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast, has married content creator Thea Booysen.Ties the knot with longtime girlfriend Thea BooysenCole Cooper · CBC News · Posted: Jul 22, 2026 1:17 PM EDT | Last Updated: 39 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 1 minuteThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Jimmy 'MrBeast' Donaldson and Thea Booysen appear before the FIFA World Cup final in East Rutherford, N.J., on Sunday. The couple announced their marriage on Tuesday. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)American YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast, has married content creator Thea Booysen. The two announced their marriage on social media on Tuesday. They were engaged in December 2024.Donaldson, 28, is YouTube’s most-followed creator, with over 500 million subscribers on his main channel alone. His six alternate accounts, including MrBeast Gaming and Beast Reacts, have nearly 200 million subscribers between them. Donaldson is also the host and co-creator of the Prime Video reality competition show Beast Games.His new wife, also 28, is a Twitch livestreamer and YouTuber who creates gaming content under the name TheaBeasty. Her first novel, The Marked Children, was published in 2022.The couple held the ceremony and corresponding festivities on Necker Island, one of the British Virgin Islands, owned by Virgin Group co-founder Richard Branson. ABOUT THE AUTHORCole Cooper is an intern with CBC Toronto's entertainment unit. Born and raised in Guelph, Ont., he's finishing his BA in journalism at Concordia University in Montreal. He can be reached at cole.cooper@cbc.ca