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Let’s clarify right away. Above you’ll find some tidbits on the disparity between a founder and a CEO. To be specific, the founder possesses ownership of the company. For TikTok, that person would be Zhang Yiming.
Although the CEO holds the highest leadership position, they are not the owner of the company. Shou Zi Chew is currently serving as TikTok’s CEO, responsible for managing the company and answering to the owner, who is none other than Zhang Yiming.
Profile and Personal Data of Zhang Yiming
Name: Zhang Yiming
Date of Birth: April 1, 1983, Longyan, Fujian, China
Age: 41 (article written in 2024)
Education: Nankai University (2001 – 2005)
Known As: Founder of TikTok or Douyin, Founder of ByteDance
Wealth: US$43.4 billion or Rp 674.4 trillion
Wife: Zhang Tong
Religion: Unknown
Zhang Yiming’s Career Journey Prior to Establishing TikTok
Zhang Yiming, born in 1983, is the mastermind behind TikTok. Prior to his entrepreneurial success, Zhang started as an engineer at Kuxun.com, a travel search website.
Zhang, a former engineer at Fanfou, co-founded the property search site 99fang.com, which unfortunately failed three years later. Prior to that, he worked briefly at Microsoft but left due to the high levels of pressure. However, he returned to the Fanfou startup under the leadership of Wang Xing.
