Zhang Yiming is the main cofounder of Chinese tech giant ByteDance, best known for its insanely popular app TikTok, which has more than 1 billion users worldwide.

- Zhang Yiming is the main cofounder of Chinese tech giant ByteDance, best known for its insanely popular app TikTok, which has more than 1 billion users worldwide.
- It also has interests in e-commerce, education, gaming and news.
- Zhang stepped down as chairman of ByteDance in 2021 after resigning as CEO earlier that year, reportedly under pressure from the Chinese government.
- In May 2024, ByteDance sued the U.S. government to overturn a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of TikTok or ban it nationwide.
- Zhang started ByteDance in 2012 in a four-bedroom Beijing apartment.