ByteDance has so far rebuffed the idea of selling TikTok. But the lawyer for the US government told the Supreme Court that a ban might be just the “jolt” needed to persuade it to consider the idea, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Information earlier reported ByteDance’s revenue. ByteDance, founded in 2012 by the entrepreneur Zhang Yiming and others, is backed by U.S. investors including Susquehanna Capital ...

TikTok's fame and reach have sparked fear from U.S. officials on national security risks — here is the summary of events that have occurred so far.