Zhang Yiming Bio, Wife, Children, Career, Height, Net Worth

The Chinese internet entrepreneur Zhang Yiming aged 39 and of a grand height of 5 ft 7 inches is popularly known for being the former CEO of ByteDance, as well as the founder of TikTok. 

Zhang Yiming Bio

As the only son of his parents, Zhang Yiming was born on April 1, 1983, in Longyan, Fujian, China, and raised in the city of Longyan. As a 2005 graduate of Nankai University in Tianjin, Zhang first enrolled in the institution to study microelectronics before later changing his program to read software engineering.

He joined the travel website Kuxun as the company’s first engineer and fifth employee in 2006. He played the role of technical director but left the same year to join Microsoft. His service at Microsoft couldn’t last long as he quit the job that same year due to the company’s regulations. Moving forward he established his own real estate business as well as the company 99fang.com. 

He founded the Beijing-based business ByteDance in 2012 and unfortunately the vision for the business was initially not accepted by investors and didn’t get enough financial backing from the start. Eventually, Susquehanna International Group invested in it, causing ByteDance to be able to launch the Toutiao news app in August 2012. Three years later in 2015, TikTok, the video-sharing app was launched. A year later ByteDnace purchased the Chinese social media service Musical.ly and integrated it into TikTok. 

What does Zhang Yiming do?

Zhang is an internet entrepreneur, who founded the Chinese technology company ByteDance which launched the elite video-sharing app TikTok. 

Who is Zhang Yiming married to?

Zhang is in a union with his college sweetheart whose identity has been kept private. 

Does Zhang Yiming have children?

No. The internet entrepreneur has not produced any kids yet. 

How did Zhang Yiming become a billionaire?

He made his earnings from his career as an internet entrepreneur, founding the grand Chinese technology company which developed one of the most used video-sharing apps in the world TikTok, having over a billion users all over the world. In March 2018 Forbes declared the Nankai University alumnus, a billionaire with a net worth of $4 billion.  

How much is the CEO of TikTok worth?

Presently, Zhang the founder of ByteDance has a net worth estimated to be $55 billion making him the second richest person in China according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. 

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