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.

With the future of TikTok’s ownership hanging in the balance, two uber-rich, politically connected investors are lying in wait, hoping to snag the app if it’s ultimately put on the market.

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.

Soccer team owner Frank McCourt and "Shark Tank" personality Kevin O'Leary are leading a bid to buy TikTok from Chinese parent Bytedance.