Tiktok founder
The co-founders of TikTok are:
- Zhang Yiming (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhāng Yíng): Zhang is the founder and CEO of ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok. He founded ByteDance in 2012 and launched Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, in 2016. Zhang is a Chinese entrepreneur and businessman who has been recognized for his innovative approach to technology and his ability to adapt to changing market trends.
- Alex Zhu (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhū Ā Lí): Zhu is a Chinese-American entrepreneur and the co-founder of Musical.ly, a social media app that was acquired by ByteDance in 2018. He is credited with developing the concept for Musical.ly and is known for his expertise in the music and entertainment industries.
TikTok was launched in China in 2016 under the name Douyin, and it quickly gained popularity among young users. In 2018, ByteDance acquired Musical.ly, a social media app that allowed users to create and share short-form music videos. The company merged the two apps and rebranded them as TikTok, which was launched globally in 2018.
Under the leadership of Zhang and Zhu, TikTok has become one of the fastest-growing social media platforms in the world, with over a billion active users. The app has been praised for its creative and entertaining content, as well as its ability to connect users from all over the world.