TikTok owner ByteDance’s China head debuts on Fortune’s list of most powerful women in business
- ByteDance’s Kelly Zhang debuts at 45th place this year on Fortune magazine’s list of women leading the global corporate world from outside the US
- The list of 50 also includes Chinese tech veterans such as Ping An’s Jessica Tan, Gree’s Dong Mingzhu and Alibaba’s Maggie Wu
In her current role, she oversees ByteDance’s star product line-up including TikTok’s Chinese counterpart, Douyin, which she was also previously in charge of, as well as domestically viral news aggregator Toutiao and its sister search engine Toutiao Search.
Born in the 1980s according to local media reports, Zhang is one of the youngest names on the list – especially among those from the Chinese tech industry, who are mostly veterans.
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Ping An Group, China’s biggest insurer, has been aggressively pushing online with new services like internet health consultation services and wealth management apps.
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Not one to shy away from the media, the colourful character once called rivals Xiaomi and Midea “thieves” after Gree sued and won a patent infringement case against Midea.
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