ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Haidian, Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands. [7] Founded by Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo, and a team of others in 2012, ByteDance developed the video-sharing apps TikTok and Douyin.

Zhang Yiming (Chinese: 张一鸣; born 1 April 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).

5 days ago · Zhang Yiming is the main cofounder of Chinese tech giant ByteDance, best known for its insanely popular app TikTok, which has more than 1 billion users worldwide.

Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok owner ByteDance, is China’s richest person, with personal wealth of $49.3 billion, an annual rich list showed Tuesday.

Nov 4, 2019 · The chairman of TikTok’s parent company, the Beijing-based ByteDance, is one of China’s richest people—and is only 35 years old.

Oct 30, 2024 · Zhang Yiming has built a $49.3 billion fortune since cofounding ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok. Zhang is highly private and little is publicly known about his personal life. He...

Oct 29, 2024 · The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China's richest person. According to a rich list produced by the Hurun Research Institute,...

Oct 29, 2024 · SHANGHAI (Reuters) - ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is China's richest person, with personal wealth of $49.3 billion, an annual rich list showed on Tuesday, although counterparts in real...

Jan 22, 2025 · TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday released an update to its flagship AI model as a global race intensified to create AI models capable of tackling complex problems.

May 20, 2021 · Zhang Yiming will step down as chief executive of TikTok-owner ByteDance, handing over to college roommate, long-time colleague and current human resources head Liang Rubo.