Zhang Yiming.

Zhang Yiming, male, was born in Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province in 1983. He is a Hakka. He graduated from Nankai University in Software Engineering in 2005. He is the founder and former CEO of Bytedance and the founder and former CEO of Toutiao.

ByteDance’s organizational structure has been adjusted.

On May 20, 2021, ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming announced his resignation as CEO and was replaced by co-founder Liang Rubo.

On November 2 of the same year, Liang Rubo issued an all-staff email announcing organizational adjustments, implementing the BU (Business Unit) business line, and establishing six business sectors - Douyin, Dali Education, Feishu, Volcano Engine, and Zhaoxi Light Year

and TikTok.

The website of the Hong Kong Companies Registry shows: ByteDance (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. has been renamed Douyin Group (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., effective on May 6, 2022.

In addition, several other companies under ByteDance have also changed their names to "Douyin".

Tianyancha shows that ByteDance Co., Ltd. changed its name to Douyin Co., Ltd.

According to the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd. changed its name to Beijing Douyin Information Services Co., Ltd.