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4 days ago · Zhang Yiming is the main founder of ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok and other apps. Learn about his net worth, career, education, and controversies from Forbes articles and lists.
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1 day ago · Eventually, Zhang Yiming stepped down as CEO of his company ByteDance in 2021, a move widely believed to be in response to the mounting pressure from the Chinese government.
3 days ago · Zhang Yiming is a co-founder of ByteDance, the social media group behind TikTok and Toutiao. He has a net worth of $42.2 billion as of May 16, 2024, according to Bloomberg News.
4 days ago · On Thursday Zhang Yiming made a key move to achieve that. Creating new leadership positions for ByteDance’s China business, Zhang said in a letter to employees he would now focus on global expansion and fresh initiatives such as education.
5 days ago · Zhang Yiming, 41, ranks second with a net worth of $47 billion. He owns a 21% stake in ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, one of the world’s largest social media platforms with over one billion users globally.
1 day ago · In 2018, ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming aimed for global expansion within three years. Today, ByteDance's globalization is the most successful. Their Flow department continues to thrive, with over 20 AI applications domestically and 6 globally, earning them the nickname "App Factory."
4 days ago · ByteDance was founded in 2012 by a development team led by Zhang Yiming and Liang Rubo. The duo were college roommates at Nankai University in Tianjin and started ByteDance in their shared apartment. Their goal as developers was to capitalize on the growing mobile Internet market with apps that could enrich their users’ lives.
