It is 3pm on a Monday and I am seated in a conference room on a high floor in Tiktok's Singapore office. I am 15 minutes early for my meeting but the time passes quickly, thanks to a panoramic view of the city through the ceiling-to-floor windows bracketing the room. When Shou Zi Chew bursts in, I leap to my feet, startled out of my reverie.
Dressed in a pair of jeans and a simple T-shirt, Chew makes a beeline for me with his hand outstretched. “I must say, I never expected to do a Vogue interview,” he jokes. We sit down to chat and he listens to my questions intently. When he answers, he is open but never overshares. I get the sense that a personal interview like this one is not yet second nature to him, but he is determined to make this worth my time.
Chew became the CEO of TikTok in May
