Shou Zi Chew

Singaporean businessman, CEO of TikTok · Singapore · On the map · Executives · Born 1983 · age 43

He runs TikTok - the app that ate half the internet's attention and became the loudest battlefield in tech-policy war between Washington and Beijing.

Shou Zi Chew is read about 836 times a day, in 20 languages.

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2024“Oh, who am I? I grew up in Singapore. I was born there, my great-grandfather moved there many years ago. I had a typical Singaporean childhood.”In their words1 February 2024WiredRead the whole statement

“Fans want to know how the music is made. They want to know about the thought process, the creative process. And this is the key thing. They don’t want this to be overproduced.”In their words1 February 2024WiredRead the whole statement

“The overarching thing that we’re trying to do here is to keep the community safe and inclusive for everybody.”In their words1 February 2024WiredRead the whole statement

“Clearly we prioritize safety very seriously, as you can imagine. And some of it could be us being overly protective, a mis-moderation leaning on the side of being careful.”In their words1 February 2024WiredRead the whole statement

“Every time I meet a user, I feel like the level of understanding and the conversations that we have are significantly different than with someone who’s never used it before.”In their words1 February 2024WiredRead the whole statement

Asia's Most Influential SingaporeAward2023“But as a company that is growing, it is important to be a little bit more visible so that people can understand us better - and we can earn the trust that we need to.”In their words10 November 2023VogueRead the whole statement

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Shou Zi Chew

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I consider myself native. I remember getting my first dialup internet connection. Remember that beep? I remember getting online for the first time. I remember that very clearly.
1 February 2024 · Wired, Own words
I think as long as there have been rules, there have been people trying to bypass the rules.
1 February 2024 · Wired, Own words
I think the biggest gap in understanding is between users and nonusers. This is the biggest gap.
1 February 2024 · Wired, Own words

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Asia's Most Influential Singapore2024

Asia's Most Influential Singapore2023

Asia's Most Influential Singapore2022

About this person

Shou Zi Chew was born in Singapore on 1 January 1983. He served as chief financial officer at Xiaomi before ByteDance tapped him in 2021 to lead TikTok, the Chinese-owned video platform that had become both a cultural juggernaut and a geopolitical flashpoint. The appointment made him the public face of a company under constant scrutiny, fielding questions about data privacy, algorithmic influence, and whether an app with a billion users could ever truly separate itself from Beijing. He's spent his tenure since navigating congressional hearings, ban threats, and the impossible task of making a Chinese-owned platform feel safe to Western governments.

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