TikTok names Singaporean CEO based out of SG Details 01 May 2021
TikTok has appointed Singaporean ByteDance CFO Shouzi Chew as CEO. Chew will be based in Singapore, while remaining as ByteDance’s CFO. According to his LinkedIn Chew was previously CFO and partner, director, president of International at Xiaomi Technology for over five years. Prior to joining ByteDance earlier this year, Chew held a number of senior roles with global mandates in the technology and investment community. In 2013 he led a team that became one of the earliest investors in the company. He is based in his hometown of Singapore.
According to the company, the move was a “strategic reorganisation to optimise TikTok s global teams” and support the company s “unprecedented growth . Yiming Zhang, founder and CEO of ByteDance said, Chew brings deep knowledge of the company and industry, having led a team that was among our earliest investors, and having worked
TikTok Names ByteDance CFO Shou Zi Chew as New CEO
Chew will retain close ties to TikTok s Chinese owner ByteDance where he will remain Chief Financial Officer. By Reuters | Updated: 1 May 2021 12:06 IST
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TikTok has sought to distance itself from Beijing
Last year, TikTok ramped up its engineering and moderation team in Califo
TikTok appointed Shou Zi Chew, a Singaporean national, as the new Chief Executive Officer of the hot video-sharing platform, the company said on Friday. Chew, based in Singapore, will retain close ties to TikTok s Chinese owner ByteDance where he will remain Chief Financial Officer.
ByteDance CFO takes additional role as TikTok CEO
By IANS| Posted by Minhaj Adnan | Published: 1st May 2021 1:27 pm IST
Beijing: Chinese technology company ByteDance has appointed its Chief Financial Officer Shouzi Chew to also assume to role of TikTok CEO.
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quit the company in August last year amid the dispute with the then Donald Trump administration and the India ban.
Vanessa Pappas, who was serving as interim CEO, will take the role of COO, the company said in a statement on Friday.
“The leadership team of Shou and Vanessa sets the stage for sustained growth,” said ByteDance CEO Yiming Zhang.
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