A profile of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, a Singaporean army reservist and an ex-Goldman Sachs banker, as he defends TikTok before a skeptical Congress
Singapore army reservist and ex-Goldman banker says misconceptions about Chinese-owned app need to be clarified — How TikTok Could Become a U.S. Company
Wall Street Journal Stu Woo
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“2012, he visited...equivalent of a Silicon Valley garage: an apt in Beijing's univ. district. Thirty people, ..., crammed in to develop an app that suggested news articles to people based on factors such as how much time they spent on previous stories.” https://www.wsj.com/...
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“The hardest physical experience of his life, he said, was the military's five-day survival course in Brunei's jungles. He built a hut, cooked wild yams and trekked 55 miles.” @stuwoo https://www.wsj.com/...
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Who is Shou Chew? The 40-year-old TikTok CEO walked me through his fast-rising career and game plan for Congress. He was less forthright about whether he killed a quail barehanded during Singaporean army survival training. https://www.wsj.com/...
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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew says his company is offering the U.S. government more concessions and oversight than any business in history. His background may now help him connect with a skeptical American Congress. https://www.wsj.com/...