Puri: MrBeast trains key executives by having them shadow him continuously
Shaan Puri · 7 things Bezos, MrBeast & Thiel do that you don’t · Sep 2, 2026 · at 27:47
Shaan Puri recounts YouTube creator Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast) explaining his proprietary 'cloning' onboarding method to a gathering of multi-billion dollar CEOs.
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“Like, from morning to night, like, the guy, I remember one guy he hired, he was also Jimmy's alarm clock. Like, he would go wake him up, and from the moment Jimmy woke up, they were together, till the moment Jimmy signed off to go to sleep, and he would do that for six months, and he's like, by the end of the six months, you know exactly how I think. Cause you've been with me everywhere, everywhere. You know, you saw every decision I made. So essentially you're like a proxy for me. Like I can now be in two places at once because you know exactly what would Jimmy do in this situation.”
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