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Shou Zi Chew (Chinese: 周受资; born 1 January 1983) is a Singaporean business executive who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of TikTok, an online video platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance, since 2021.
Zhang Yiming (Chinese: 张一鸣; born 1 April 1983) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur.He founded ByteDance in 2012, developed the news aggregator Toutiao and the video sharing platform Douyin (internationally known as TikTok).
In May 2021, TikTok appointed Shou Zi Chew as their new CEO [47] who assumed the position from interim CEO Vanessa Pappas, following the resignation of Kevin A. Mayer on 27 August 2020. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] [ 50 ] In September 2021, TikTok reported that it had reached 1 billion users. [ 51 ]
In May 2020, Mayer resigned from The Walt Disney Company to become COO of Chinese internet technology company ByteDance Ltd and CEO of its social media app TikTok. [12] On August 26, less than four months after taking the position, Mayer announced that he would step down from both roles and leave ByteDance altogether.
From June 2020 to his resignation 26 August 2020, Mayer was the CEO of TikTok and the COO of ByteDance, reporting directly to the company CEO Zhang Yiming. [48] [49] In 2021, Shou Zi Chew, former CFO of Xiaomi, took over as TikTok CEO. [50] In 2014, ByteDance established an internal Chinese Communist Party (CCP) committee. [51]
V Pappas (born c. 1978), also known as Vanessa Pappas, [1] is an Australian-American businessperson who was the chief operating officer (COO) at TikTok.Pappas previously held executive positions at Next New Networks and YouTube, and has served on the board of directors of Simon & Schuster and the board of trustees of the Paley Center for Media.
Helberg serves as a commissioner for the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission, and senior advisor to Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies. [4] [5] [6] Helberg has commented extensively on US–China relations, and the national security implications of Chinese-developed web apps like TikTok. [7] [8] [9]
Beckerman was the founding president and CEO of the Internet Association (2012–2021), a Washington, DC–based trade association representing Internet companies. [1] During his tenure as CEO, association membership grew from 14 member companies at its founding to over 40 internet companies. [2] [3] Beckerman is an expert on internet policy.