Jessie Tinsley, CEO of a workforce administration firm, Employer.com, is conducting what might grow to be the 12 months’s wildest acquisition spree.
First, Employer.com introduced its plan final month to amass Bench, the Canadian accounting startup that abruptly shut down over the vacations.
Now, Tinsley and Employer.com have joined fingers with YouTuber MrBeast and others to avoid wasting TikTok by submitting an all-cash bid for the app, in keeping with a report in Bloomberg.
They haven’t disclosed the bid’s quantity. The group’s authorized counsel contains Brad Bondi, the brother of Trump’s lawyer normal decide, Pam Bondi.
TikTok briefly went darkish on Saturday however reinstated itself shortly earlier than President Trump signed an government order on Monday delaying any potential ban for 75 days.
It’s not clear if TikTok’s proprietor ByteDance has critically thought-about the provide, Bloomberg reported. Others floated as potential consumers embrace Elon Musk, Amazon, Oracle, and a syndicate headed by billionaire Frank McCourt.
