Zhang Yiming, the 41-year-old founder of ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has been crowned the wealthiest person in China, with a net worth of $49.3 billion. This makes Zhang the 18th ...

ByteDance co-founder Zhang Yiming is adding to his riches, accounting for about a $14 billion increase to his net worth since the beginning of this year, which is a 31% hike. He is currently at ...

Zhang Yiming ranks after Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani According to the Bloomberg Billionaire's Index, Zhang Yiming now ranks as Asia’s third richest person after Reliance chairperson Mukesh ...

Another 20% is owned by ByteDance employees, while the remaining 20% is owned by its founder, Chinese entrepreneur Zhang Yiming, the company says. TikTok is likely worth $100 billion, according to ...

ByteDance was founded in 2012 in Beijing by Zhang Yiming and Liang Rubo, who were college roommates at Tianjin’s Nankai University, according to company information and Zhang’s public speeches.

Zhang Yiming, the founder of ByteDance and China’s richest man, has not obtained Singaporean citizenship, according to a statement from Douyin, the Chinese sister app of TikTok. Douyin said it ...

Kotick previously spoke with ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming about acquiring the platform, The Wall Street Journal reported in 2024. Today, Kotick is the co-chairman of the Call of Duty Endowment ...

Zhang Yiming, a Chinese entrepreneur, founds ByteDance. He reportedly sketched the rough concept for what would become TikTok on the back of a napkin. July Alex Zhu and Luyu Yang launch Musical.ly.

In a memo released today, Peretti called out TikTok and Meta, writing that respective CEOs Zhang Yiming and Mark Zuckerberg don’t “care very much about the content” instead being “much ...