Last Updated: 01 Apr, 2023 | Views: 655
Age: 41
Profession: CEO
Other Profession(s): Philanthropist, Internet Entrepreneur
Famous For: CEO of ByteDance
Higher Education: Nankai University
Net Worth: US$55 billion
About (Profile/Biography):
Zhang Yimingis a Chinese internet entrepreneur and the founder of ByteDance, the parent company of popular social media app TikTok. Born in 1983 in Longyan, China, Zhang Yiming graduated with a degree in software engineering from Nankai University. He founded ByteDance in 2012 and has since become one of the wealthiest people in China.
Zhang Yiming Career:
2005-2006: Zhang Yiming worked as a coder at Kuxun, a travel search engine.
2006-2008: Zhang Yiming worked as a software engineer at Microsoft China.
2008-2009: Zhang Yiming worked as a software engineer at a Japanese e-commerce company called Rakuten.
2009: Zhang Yiming founded his own company called 99fang.com, a real estate search engine. However, the company was not successful and shut down a year later.
2012: Zhang Yiming founded ByteDance, a technology company that initially focused on news aggregation. The company's first product was Toutiao, a news app that uses artificial intelligence to personalize content for users.
2016: ByteDance launched Douyin, a short-form video app that is known as TikTok outside of China.
2018: ByteDance acquired Musical.ly, a popular lip-syncing app, and merged it with TikTok to create a global social media sensation.
Zhang Yiming Education:
Zhang Yiming holds a degree in software engineering from Nankai University in Tianjin, China. After graduation, he worked briefly as a programmer before starting his own
Zhang Yiming Awards:
Entrepreneurial success and innovation
2019: Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world
World's richest people by Forbes
Zhang Yiming Unknown Facts:
Zhang Yiming is known for being a private individual and rarely gives interviews or speaks publicly.
Despite his immense wealth, Zhang Yiming is known for living a modest lifestyle and not flaunting his wealth.
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