Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; Evan Agostini/AP; Alyssa Powell/BI What do Kim Jong Un, Ayatollah Khamenei, and MrBeast have in common? They all have such control over their fiefdoms that they've been called "Supreme Leader." In the case of MrBeast, YouTube's top star with over 500 million subscribers, the moniker came courtesy of a prospective investor. The financier wanted to add "key man insurance" to a MrBeast fundraising term sheet to hedge against fallout if the company lost its leading man. Adding the insurance would be "standard and obvious when a biz is led by a supreme leader" such as MrBeast, he wrote in an email viewed by Business Insider. MrBeast was also referred to as "God King" on a 2022 org chart, and has called himself the "main character" of the company. MrBeast's "God-King-Supreme-Leader-Main-Character" status has become a topic of increased concern among insiders and investors as his business has ballooned into a nearly 800-person operation that blends media, advertising, chocolate bars, and fintech — with ambitions for an IPO. Investors have been eager to get a piece of MrBeast. For his company, Beast Industries, to justify a valuation that topped $5 billion — and s
