TikTok Owner Zhang Yiming Emerges as China’s Wealthiest Individual - UrduPoint

Zhang Yiming holds the 24th position in the global wealth rankings and stands as Asia's third-richest individual with a net worth of $57.5 billion at age 41.

Zhang Yiming started his professional journey at Kuxun before becoming the team leader at the startup. Zhang worked at Microsoft before starting his own business. ByteDance emerged from his founding efforts in 2012 and then became a worldwide phenomenon through TikTok.

Zhang Yiming stayed away from TikTok during its early days because he considered the platform to be focused on young users. ByteDance forced employees to create videos which led Zhang to start participating himself after the company required them to earn social media likes.

Zhang Yiming has become a leading tech entrepreneur because of ByteDance and TikTok's rapid growth in popularity.