Founders & executives
Zhang Yiming
Founded ByteDance; recommendation at a scale nobody had attempted.
b. 1983🇨🇳China张一鸣Founder, ByteDance
Built Toutiao and TikTok on machine-learned feeds, then Doubao and the Seed research lab. Stepped down as CEO in 2021 and has since focused on ByteDance's AI research.
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TikTok / DouyinDoubaoByteDance Seed
2 CareerEvery role we can document, most recent first
- 2012–now14 yrsByteDanceFounder
- 2012–20219 yrsByteDanceCEO
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