McCourt sold the Los Angeles Dodgers for a hefty sum in 2012. Here’s how he’s been building his business and media empire since, and setting up a potential consortium to purchase TikTok.

Frank McCourt said his Project Liberty consortium, which has bid to buy TikTok, would be comfortable sharing ownership of the app so long as it's hosted on tech developed by his nonprofit.

McCourt moved back to New York aged 20, having left Ireland with a ticket paid for with $200 in savings sent by his older brother, Frank, who emigrated earlier and was working as a public school ...