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TikTok receives $50 billion offer from US entrepreneur Reid Rasner to buy app


A wealthy Wyoming entrepreneur has made an offer to buy TikTok for nearly $50 billion, The Post can reveal. Reid Rasner, 40, who has founded several firms in the state and currently …

Instagram/Reid Rasner“This initiative will bring high-skilled workers, cutting-edge innovation, and new investment opportunities into the state, strengthening the economy while ensuring Wyoming remains a national leader in multiple sectors.” Others rumored to have interest include Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk as well as billionaire Frank McCourt and “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary, who have said they have $20 billion in commitments as part of a plan to buy the TikTok brand and rebuild its algorithm from scratch on US soil. Getty ImagesHis offer letter touted the Cowboy State’s “abundance of clean, low-cost energy sources” needed “to power TikTok.”

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