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Zhang Yiming follows other Chinese tech CEOs, including Ant's Simon Hu and Pinduoduo's Colin Huang, who quit recently amid increased scrutiny by China

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  • @samro Sam Ro on x
    “managing people” is one of the more under-appreciated aspects of managing people https://finance.yahoo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @lizalinwsj Liza Lin on x
    8/ Ultimately, a Chinese venture capitalist summarised the move up in one sentence. Liang's appointment is “putting in place a trusted lieutenant, and it gets yourself out of the spotlight.” Our @WSJ story: w/@Kubota_Yoko https://www.wsj.com/...
  • @caseynewton Casey Newton on x
    TikTok CEO succeeded too hard and now he has to go hide from Chinese regulators while shadow-managing the company from the boardroom. Raising the question of whether communism is bad https://www.theinformation.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
  • @juliey4 Julie Young on x
    god this letter is just exceptional and such an interesting narrative violation: Yiming is stepping down so he can have more time to focus on new ideas: “I worry that I am still relying too much on the ideas I had before starting the company” https://bytedance.com/...
  • @amir Amir Efrati on x
    Why did Bytedance CEO step down? you *could* read his statement at face value. Or you can talk to his own investors: https://www.theinformation.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
  • @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x
    CEO of ByteDance, parent company of TikTok, steps down from being CEO because he doesn't have time to explore new technical innovations and the company is executing on ideas he came up with last decade. He wants to be a maker not a manager. Impressive. https://t.co/igkFOWpCXp htt…
  • @jim_edwards Jim Edwards on x
    TikTok boss Zhang Yiming steps down as CEO, saying he's not an ‘ideal manager’. “Similarly, I'm not very social, preferring solitary activities like being online, reading, listening to music, and contemplating what may be possible,” he added. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
  • @mattgarrahan Matthew Garrahan on x
    CEO of TikTok owner ByteDance to step down because he prefers to spend his time listening to music and daydreaming https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...