ByteDance cofounder Zhang Yiming has become China’s richest man as investors bet on companies with AI potential.

Zhang Yiming is 38, a billionaire, and stepping down as CEO of ByteDance, in part because he lacks "some of the skills that make an ideal manager." He cofounded TikTok's parent firm in 2014 and ...

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, 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 ...

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has claimed the title of China’s wealthiest individual, with a personal fortune reaching $49.3 billion, according to the annual Hurun China Rich List released Tuesday.

At only 41, Zhang Yiming has already founded the world’s most valuable startup, and recent headlines peg him as China's richest man. ByteDance has radically influenced culture around the world ...

SHANGHAI--ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is China's richest person, with personal wealth of $49.3 billion, an annual rich list showed on Tuesday, although counterparts in real estate and ...

Next up: Zhang is said to be mulling a Hong Kong IPO that could value the company, which has had a private-market valuation of $20 billion, at more than $45 billion. 40 Under 40 List Debut ...