Zhang’s involvement in AI research at ByteDance was similar to the role Sergey Brin played at Google, according to local ...

Zhang Yiming, the storied co-founder of ByteDance, is stepping down from his role as the CEO and passing the torch to Liang Rubo, another co-founder of ...

Billionaire Zhang Yiming Steps Down As ByteDance Chairman. ByYue Wang, Forbes Staff. Follow Author. Nov 03, 2021, 05:57am EDT Nov 03, 2021, 05:57am EDT. Share. Save. This article is more than 3 ...

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 ...

Zhang Yiming, founder of TikTok owner ByteDance, has overtaken beverage giant Nongfu Spring Chairman Zhong Shanshan as the richest man in China. Subscribe To Newsletters Subscribe: Less than $1.50/wk ...

ByteDance co-founder Zhang Yiming has seen a surge of about $14 billion to his fortune since the beginning of 2025. On the other side, Elon Musk, the world's richest man, and Jeff Bezos, the ...

Zhang Yiming, the 41-year-old software engineer who founded the app's parent company, ByteDance, now has a net worth of $57.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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 ...

Zhang Yiming steered ByteDance to become China’s first truly globally successful internet company. By Raymond Zhong Zhang Yiming, who helped found TikTok’s Chinese parent company and turn it ...

Zhang Yiming stepped down as CEO in 2021. VCG via Getty Images. ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming created a personal investment fund called Cool River Venture on May 22, according to Yicai, a Chinese ...