Mint Mobile

Mint Mobile is a prepaid, online-first wireless brand that sells service directly to consumers and runs on T-Mobile's network. At the time of Reynolds' 2019 investment it offered plans from $15 a month with no contracts and a bring-your-own-phone program.^{Source [1]Source [4]}

It was run by Ka'ena Corporation, which also owned the internationally focused prepaid brand Ultra Mobile and the wholesale provider Plum. Before the acquisition Ka'ena was a wholesale partner of T-Mobile.^{Source [2]Source [4]}

Actor Ryan Reynolds bought an ownership stake in November 2019 and took on communications and marketing work, becoming the face of the brand's advertising.^{Source [1]Source [3]}

T-Mobile completed the purchase of Ka'ena on May 1, 2024, for a variable price of up to $1.35 billion in cash and stock. T-Mobile said the brands would keep operating autonomously, that founders David Glickman and Rizwan Kassim would continue to lead them, and that Reynolds would continue in his creative role.^{Source [2]Source [4]}

Mint Mobile launched in 2016 as a direct-to-consumer prepaid wireless brand; its founders are David Glickman and Rizwan Kassim. Ryan Reynolds bought an ownership stake in November 2019. T-Mobile agreed in March 2023 to buy its parent, Ka'ena Corporation, for up to $1.35 billion and completed the deal on May 1, 2024, when Ka'ena became a wholly owned T-Mobile subsidiary.^{Source [1]Source [3]Source [2]Source [4]}