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

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

Kevin O'Leary of Shark Tank fame announced on the Fox News' The Story with Martha MacCallum that he was in talks to buy TikTok, which faces a potential USA ban due to its Chinese origins on January 19.

Kevin O’Leary, one of the venture capitalist “sharks” from the reality television show, said Monday that he had joined a group known as the People’s Bid for TikTok that has been putting together a bid for TikTok’s U.S. business. The effort is being spearheaded by billionaire Frank McCourt, who sold the Dodgers in 2012.

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.

Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary announced Monday that he has joined a bid to buy the U.S. operations of TikTok at a critical juncture in the platform’s future in the country. In an interview with Fox News,

The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.

Kevin O'Leary, star of Shark Tank, is close to securing a deal to buy TikTok's U.S. business to prevent the app from being banned. He announced the move on Fox News and revealed plans to partner with former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt.