Zhang Yiming
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About
Chinese businessman who developed the video-sharing platform TikTok and the news aggregator Toutiao with his company ByteDance. He became the 9th wealthiest person in China with a net worth of $13 billion as of 2019. In May of 2021, he stepped down as CEO of ByteDance.
Before Fame
He earned a degree in software engineering from Nankai University in 2005.
Trivia
He was ranked on Forbes' 2013 China 30 Under 30 list and Fortune's 2018 40 Under 40 list. He was named under Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2019.
Family Life
He met his future wife while studying in college.
Associated With
He and the rest of TikTok were criticized by Donald Trump in 2020.
