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Zhang Yiming: TikTok鈥檚 tech boss

How Zhang Yiming transformed social media by creating TikTok, and how the Chinese tech company ByteDance became a multi-billion dollar business.

How did an unassuming software engineer become one of the richest people on the planet? This is the story of how Zhang Yiming transformed social media by creating TikTok, and how the Chinese tech company ByteDance became a multi-billion dollar business. 大象传媒 business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng explore Yiming鈥檚 various successes with different apps before he hit the jackpot with TikTok. Then they decide whether they think he鈥檚 good, bad, or just another billionaire.

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