Rank #28
Zhang Yiming
Net worth $69.3B
TikTok · China
- Born
- Jan 01, 1984
- Age
- 42
- Source
- TikTok
- Residence
- Singapore
- Citizenship
- China
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Bachelor of Engineering, Nankai University
Net worth over time
Biography
- 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.
- It also has interests in e-commerce, education, gaming and news.
- Zhang stepped down as chairman of ByteDance in 2021 after resigning as CEO earlier that year, reportedly under pressure from the Chinese government.
- The company continues to operate TikTok in the U.S. as it keeps winning reprieves from an earlier ban.
- Zhang started ByteDance in 2012 in a four-bedroom Beijing apartment.
- He was a member of the 2013 Forbes China 30 Under 30 List.