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  1. en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › Zhang_YimingZhang Yiming - Wikipedia

    Zhang Yiming ( Chinese: 张一鸣; born April 1, 1983) is a Chinese internet entrepreneur. He founded ByteDance in 2012, developed the news aggregator Toutiao and the video sharing platform Douyin (internationally known as TikTok ). As of March 2024, Zhang's personal wealth was estimated at US$40.2 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires ...

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

    4 days ago · Zhang Yiming. 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. Zhang stepped down as ...

  3. www.cnn.com › 2021/05/20 › techZhang Yiming, founder of TikTok owner ByteDance, is latest young...

    May 20, 2021 · Zhang Yiming built ByteDance into one of the biggest names in Chinese tech. Now he’s stepping down as CEO at just 38 years old, becoming the latest young tech entrepreneur in China to quit while ...

  4. news.cgtn.com › news › 2020/08/08In The Spotlight: Zhang Yiming, the geek who dreams of a big...

    Aug 8, 2020 · Zhang Yiming in Palo Alto, California, March 4, 2020. /VCG. Global vision. Born in 1983, Zhang is among a generation of Chinese millennials experiencing China's economic reforms first-hand. His home province Fujian on the southeast coast was among the earliest regions in the Chinese mainland to open up to the world.

  5. www.reuters.com › world › china‘I’m not very social’: ByteDance founder to hand CEO ... - ...

    May 20, 2021 · Zhang Yiming announced he will step down as CEO of TikTok-owner ByteDance, saying he lacked the social skills to be an ideal manager and naming his college roommate Liang Rubo as his successor to ...

  6. fortune.com › 2021/05/20 › bytedance-ceo-zhang-yiming-resign-worlds-most-valuableZhang Yiming, CEO of world's most valuable startup Bytedance ......

    May 20, 2021 · Zhang Yiming, the 38-year-old founder and CEO of TikTok’s parent company, Bytedance, announced plans on Wednesday to step down from his role as head of the roughly $400 billion tech conglomerate ...

  7. www.nytimes.com › 2021/05/19 › technologyTikTok's Owner, ByteDance, Says C.E.O. Zhang Yiming Will Resign -...

    May 19, 2021 · Zhang Yiming, founder and C.E.O. of ByteDance, in Palo Alto, Calif., last year. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters. Zhang Yiming, who helped found TikTok’s Chinese parent company and turn it into a globe ...

  8. www.bloomberg.com › billionaires › profilesBloomberg Billionaires Index - Zhang Yiming

    Jun 9, 2024 · Zhang Yiming was born in 1983 in Fujian province of China. He grew up in the southeastern city of Longyan, the only son of civil servants, according to a Bloomberg News report in 2017.

  9. www.cnbc.com › 2021/05/20 › bytedance-ceo-zhang-yiming-to-step-down-transition-toByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming to step down, transition to new role

    May 20, 2021 · Zhang Yiming, co-founder of ByteDance, will step down as CEO and transition to a new role, the company said on Thursday. Another co-founder, Liang Rubo, who is currently head of human resources ...

  10. www.ft.com › content › 2f7becaf-defe-457d-9191-1f87152bf618ByteDance’s Zhang Yiming steps down as chair of Chinese social...

    Nov 3, 2021 · ByteDance’s Zhang Yiming is stepping down as chair of the Chinese social media group he founded almost a decade ago, relinquishing his last formal executive position at the company behind TikTok ...