Zhang Yiming
Chinese technology entrepreneur · China · On the map · Founders · Born 1983 · age 43
Zhang Yiming is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur. He founded ByteDance in 2012, developed the news aggregator Toutiao and the video sharing platform Douyin. Zhang is one of the richest individuals in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$92.8 billion as of June 2026, according to Bloomberg.
Zhang Yiming is read about 1,104 times a day, in 17 languages.
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On 4 November 2021, Zhang stepped down as CEO of ByteDance, completing a leadership handover announced in May 2021. According to Reuters, Zhang maintains over 50 percent of ByteDance's voting rights. The surging global popularity of TikTok made Zhang the richest man in China in 2024.
