PEOPLE & POINTS
Jun 03, 2021
3 minutes
BYTEDANCE CEO TO STEP DOWN
Zhang Yiming, the founder of ByteDance, a privately-held startup offering global creation and interaction platforms, will step down as CEO later this year as the company gears up for unprecedented changes, both at home and abroad.
In a recent internal letter to employees, 38-year-old Zhang, who previously founded several successful apps like TikTok, said he is making the transition to spend more time on “long-term strategy, corporate culture, and social responsibility.”
“Although the business has been developing well, we hope that the company will continue to make greater innovations and breakthroughs, and become more creative and meaningful,” he
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