# Who is the most successful YouTuber turned entrepreneur?

> Chocolate bars, sports drinks, coffee, cosmetics and a holding company with a thousand staff: every one of these businesses began as a channel. Which founder built the most?

*By YPB Team · Published October 24, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-most-successful-youtuber-turned-entrepreneur*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **MrBeast** — score 1000/1000
   Majority owner of Beast Industries, the Feastables and Lunchly parent valued at $5 billion with more than 1,000 employees.
2. **Zoella** — score 744/1000
   Zoella Beauty, a bestselling book series and the Zoella lifestyle site, all built from a beauty vlog.
3. **Ryan Trahan** — score 609/1000
   Founder of the Joyride candy brand, sold in Target and Walmart after launching through his channel.
4. **Hank Green** — score 546/1000
   Co-founder of Complexly, the studio behind Crash Course and SciShow, and of the VidCon convention.
5. **Mark Rober** — score 473/1000
   Founder of CrunchLabs, the engineering toy-subscription company he runs alongside the channel.
6. **Huda Kattan** — score 473/1000
   Beauty vlogger who founded Huda Beauty in 2013 and turned it into a billion-dollar cosmetics company.
7. **Michelle Phan** — score 473/1000
   Co-founder of the Ipsy subscription box in 2011 and owner of EM Cosmetics.
8. **Dhar Mann** — score 473/1000
   Runs Dhar Mann Studios, a 100,000-square-foot production company making scripted shorts for a billion monthly views.
9. **PewDiePie** — score 387/1000
   Co-founder with Marzia of the Tsuki clothing and lifestyle brand, launched in 2018 and run from Japan.
10. **Jake Paul** — score 387/1000
   Founder of Most Valuable Promotions, the betting app Betr and the W grooming line.
11. **Casey Neistat** — score 387/1000
   Co-founded the video app Beme and sold it to CNN in 2016 for a reported $25 million.
12. **Rhett & Link** — score 387/1000
   Owners of Mythical Entertainment, which bought Smosh in 2019 and runs a studio and product lines.
13. **KSI** — score 284/1000
   Prime co-founder and the force behind Misfits Boxing and the Sidemen's restaurant and vodka brands.
14. **Emma Chamberlain** — score 284/1000
   Founder of Chamberlain Coffee, launched in 2019 and stocked in national grocery chains.
15. **Logan Paul** — score 0/1000
   Co-founder of Prime Hydration with KSI, the drink brand that reported $1.2 billion in 2023 sales, and of Maverick Clothing.
16. **Linus Sebastian** — score 0/1000
   Built Linus Media Group, the LTT Store and the Floatplane platform out of a tech-review channel.
17. **Rosanna Pansino** — score 0/1000
   Nerdy Nummies host whose baking cookbooks and Wilton bakeware line became a retail business.

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