SINGAPORE—Zhang Yiming chose a college by calculating which schools were far from home and had a favorable female-to-male ratio for finding love. He bought his first home by devising a formula ...

Zhang Yiming, a Chinese entrepreneur, founds ByteDance. He reportedly sketched the rough concept for what would become TikTok on the back of a napkin. July Alex Zhu and Luyu Yang launch Musical.ly.

Zhang Yiming, the 35-year-old software engineer who founded the app's parent company, now has a net worth of $16.2 billion, Forbes estimates. Despite being the 13th-wealthiest person in China as ...

Tik Tok, which became the world’s most downloaded nongaming iPhone app in the first quarter of 2018. Next up: Zhang is said to be mulling a Hong Kong IPO that could value the company ...

In a letter to Chinese staff, Zhang Yiming said the critics do not see the "full context". The letter comes as US President Donald Trump has threatened to bar the social media company. Chinese ...