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  1. www.forbes.com › profile › zhang-yimingZhang Yiming - Forbes

    Jun 25, 2024 · Zhang Yiming is the main founder of Chinese tech giant ByteDance, best known for its insanely popular app TikTok, which has more than 1 billion users worldwide.

  2. 5 days 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. Jun 26, 2024 · Zhang is a co-founder of ByteDance, the social media group behind video-sharing app TikTok. The Beijing-based company also owns the news aggregation service Toutiao. ByteDance has more than 1...

  4. Jun 25, 2024 · 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. Jun 24, 2024 · 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.

  6. 5 days 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."

  7. Jun 25, 2024 · 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.