A group formed by billionaire entrepreneur and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has made a formal offer to buy TikTok from its China-based parent company, ByteDance.

O'Leary is teaming up with billionaire Frank McCourt to make a play for the app, which faces a nationwide-looking U.S. ban.

With TikTok facing a potential U.S. ban, investor Kevin O’Leary has announced plans to purchase the popular social media platform. O’Leary, known for his role on Shark Tank, has teamed up with billionaire Frank McCourt to lead a bid to save TikTok from being shut down in the U.

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary — a.k.a. “Mr. Wonderful”—said he’s nearing a deal to buy TikTok from its Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance to avoid the U.S. ban on the social media app.

O'Leary, often referred to as "Mr. Wonderful" on Shark Tank, received many excited replies on social media. "I lend you $50b, and for every TikTok video, I take 10% of the revenue, in perpetuity" - Mr Wonderful," wrote one fan, mimicking the mogul's deal-making style from the show. "You're one person I trust. All The best!" wrote another fan.

Shark Tank star and investor Kevin O'Leary says he's partnering with another billionaire in an effort to buy TikTok.

Billionaire Frank McCourt, the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, said he is leading a group of backers to make a bid for the video social media site TikTok just days before a deadline the Chine

Entrepreneur and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt's Project Liberty and its consortium of partners in The People's Bid said on Thursday they proposed to make a formal bid to ByteDance to buy TikTok's U.