TikTok has a new boss, with Singaporean native Shou Zi Chew recently appointed as chief executive officer of the popular video-sharing app. This announcement was made eight months after Chew’s predecessor, Kevin Mayer, stepped down from the top job. Chew, who also serves as chief financial officer of TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is sure to come under scrutiny – so here are five interesting facts to know about the 38-year-old tech executive. Springsteen fan and super dad: who is Clubhouse’s co-founder Rohan Seth? A Harvard graduate View this post on Instagram A post shared by GCC Business News (@gccbusinessnews) Like Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg , Chew attended Harvard Business School (HBS). He received his MBA from the Ivy League school in 2010, four years after graduating from University College London (UCL) with a bachelor’s degree in economics. “HBS opened my eyes to different perspectives that I never would have been exposed to,” Chew recently shared on the college’s alumni page. During his time as a Harvard student, he also experienced working for a start-up that “was called Facebook”. Jeff Bezos is handing the reins to who? Meet Andy Jassy Goldman Sachs and Xiaomi had him first While it is quite surprising to discover that Chew was once an intern at Facebook, it is not the only huge company that he worked for before coming on board at ByteDance and TikTok. The Singaporean exec started his career at Goldman Sachs. He then played an instrumental role in the success of Xiaomi as CFO, and later on, as president of the gadget giant’s international business. Who is Tony Xu, the billionaire behind food delivery app DoorDash? Off the market Chew’s personal life seems just as successful as his professional life. He is married to his equally successful wife Vivian Kao, who also graduated from HBS in 2010. The pair hit it off in the summer after their first year at HBS, while both were completing their internships in California. Since graduation, both have continued to support their alma mater with donations and Kao has joined the HBS Alumni Board. From CryptoKitties to blockchain racing games: what can’t you sell as an NFT? He grew up in Singapore but has lived in various cities View this post on Instagram A post shared by Xiaomi #ItaliaIn108MP (@xiaomi.italia) The Chew family is currently based in Singapore, but that hasn’t always been the case. The TikTok CEO and his better half have lived in different parts of the world including London, Hong Kong and Beijing. Chew, who grew up in Singapore, is unsurprisingly fluent in Mandarin and English, two of the country’s official languages. Review | Do you need Apple AirTags for the most precious things in your life? What can we expect from TikTok’s future with Chew at the helm? Chew’s impressive resume and experience in China and abroad will stand him in good stead but observers believe his term will not be a walk in the park. Not only is he taking on one of the biggest jobs in tech but it’s still not certain how the new US administration will resolve the stand-off it inherited from the former president. Who’s the richest Shark Tank cast member? Trump claimed TikTok was a security risk and pushed it towards divestment of its US operations, but a broad review of Chinese-owned apps requested by Biden has put any concrete developments on hold for now. Marcus Breen, director of the media laboratory at the communication department of Boston College said TikTok has a chance to navigate the murky waters of Washington, “if Shou Zi Chew can manage to sustain the impression that TikTok is in fact [simply] an entertainment platform for use by young people”. ByteDance founder and CEO Zhang Yiming has no doubts about their new TikTok CEO though, saying that Chew and TikTok CFO Vanessa Pappas’ leadership team “sets the stage for sustained growth”. Want more stories like this? Sign up here. Follow STYLE on Facebook , Instagram , YouTube and Twitter .