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     Zhang Yiming, billionaire founder of TikTok owner ByteDance, tops China's rich list

     Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok owner ByteDance, has topped the list of China's richest people, according to the Hurun Research Institute, although ...

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     TikTok founder Zhang Yiming becomes China's richest man with almost $50bn fortune

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     TikTok’s founder is now China’s richest person. But the country’s total number of billionaires has shrunk | CNN Business

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     Meet Zhang Yiming, the extremely private billionaire behind TikTok who is now China's richest person

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     Founder of TikTok owner ByteDance jumps to top of China's rich list

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2. www.theverge.com › 23651507 › tiktokTikTok ban: all the news on attempts to ban the video platform

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   Sep 16, 2024 · President Joe Biden signed a bill on April 24th that would ban TikTok, the shortform video app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, if the company doesn’t sell the platform off within a year....

   • Author: Jon Porter

3. www.ft.com › content › d2c285be-3a01-442f-bc06-6bUS reveals security concerns around TikTok and ByteDance

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   Jul 27, 2024 · The US government has disclosed new national security concerns around TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance, as it fights their challenge to a law that would force a sale or ban of the app.

   • Author: Stefania Palma

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5. www.bbc.com › news › technology-53640724TikTok: The story of a social media giant - BBC

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   Aug 5, 2020 · ByteDance decided it was onto something and wanted to expand under a different brand - TikTok. So, in 2018 it bought Musical.ly, folded it in, and began TikTok's global...

6. www.bbc.co.uk › news › technology-53640724TikTok: The story of a social media giant - BBC News

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   Aug 5, 2020 · TikTok's secret lies in its use of music and an extraordinarily powerful algorithm, which learns what content users like to see far faster than many other apps. Users can choose from a huge...

7. www.vox.com › the-goods › 22424902The rise of TikTok, from Musical.ly to ByteDance - Vox

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   May 11, 2021 · When TikTok was Musical.ly, there were all these American investors that had invested in it, and Facebook originally sought to buy them. But then ByteDance, which is a Chinese company, came and...

8. hbr.org › 2022 › 02How ByteDance Became the World’s Most Valuable Startup

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   Feb 24, 2022 · Most users know the company only by its hit short-video app TikTok, which has been downloaded over 3 billion times globally, a feat only exceeded by Meta and its family of apps.

9. www.nbcnews.com › business › tiktok-ban-bill-whyThe new TikTok ban bill, explained: When it could take effect ...

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   Apr 24, 2024 · While ByteDance, which owns other companies, is worth hundreds of billions of dollars, TikTok would fetch less than that, experts say — especially if it is sold without its powerful ...