ByteDance co-founder Zhang Yiming has seen a surge of about $14 billion to his fortune since the beginning of 2025.

Nine of the 20 biggest wealth gainers this year are Chinese, while 15 of the biggest losers are from the US, signaling a sea ...

Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd., has become China's richest individual, surpassing bottled water tycoon Zhong Shanshan and e-commerce giant Tencent founder Ma Huateng.

Zhang Yiming has built a $57.5 billion fortune since cofounding ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok. Zhang is highly private and little is publicly known about his personal life.

Although Zhang has handed over corporate roles to Liang Rubo, he is widely seen as the real decision maker at the tech giant.

Zhang, who co-founded ByteDance—the parent company of popular video-sharing app TikTok and news aggregator Toutiao—has become ...

Zhang Yiming, founder of ByteDance and TikTok, is now China's richest person with a $57.5 billion net worth. From launching ByteDance in 2012 to leading TikTok’s global rise, his tech vision turned ...

When Congress passed a law in 2024 to ban TikTok unless it came under U.S. ownership, lawmakers argued that the app's Chinese ...

In just four years, Xiaomi overtook Apple in China’s smartphone market. TikTok reached a billion users twice as fast as ...

Forbes launched the 39th annual Billionaires list, highlighting the richest people in the world. At the top of the list is ...

The online speculation began when several users took to social media to question whether Zhang Yiming had made the move to acquire Singaporean nationality. This question gained traction amid a ...

Born in Longyan, Fujian in 1983, Zhang Yiming graduated from Nankai University and has ascended to become a leading force in the tech industry. As the founder and former CEO of ByteDance and its ...