{"id":523756,"date":"2026-09-16T23:25:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/tiktok-founder-becomes-the-richest-man-in-asia-with-a-fortune-amounting-to-us105-5-billion\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T23:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:25:50","slug":"tiktok-founder-becomes-the-richest-man-in-asia-with-a-fortune-amounting-to-us105-5-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/tiktok-founder-becomes-the-richest-man-in-asia-with-a-fortune-amounting-to-us105-5-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok founder becomes the richest man in Asia with a fortune amounting to US$105.5 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

China<\/strong>.- The founder of the Chinese tech company ByteDance -the firm behind the popular short-video network TikTok-, Zhang Yiming, unseated Indian tycoon Gautam Adani to become the richest man in Asia for the first time, according to the billionaire list compiled by the Bloomberg agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 43 years old, the businessman’s net worth is estimated at about $105.5 billion<\/strong>, eight times more than at the beginning of 2019, when that media outlet began tracking his progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zhang was already the richest person in China thanks not only to the success of TikTok and its twin platform in the Asian country, Douyin, but also to ByteDance’s commitment to artificial intelligence (AI) through applications such as the ‘chatbot’ Doubao AI or the video generator Seedance.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Bloomberg, the fact that Zhang has reached the top of the list is a good example of the AI ‘boom’, as he has surpassed billionaires whose fortunes come from sectors considered more traditional, such as Adani, whose businesses range from infrastructure to logistics; fellow Indian Mukesh Ambani (Reliance Industries), with interests in energy or retail, or the Japanese Tadashi Yanai, founder of the parent company of the popular textile chain Uniqlo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also read: TikTok is fined for data protection failures<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

The furor over this booming technology has created a wave of new millionaires in China, even in companies that are not yet capable of generating profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likewise, the compiler of the list considers that ByteDance has managed to weather the geopolitical storm that almost led to a ban on TikTok in the United States, where it was forced to transfer part of its operations to local investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He played his cards well. He stood firm and kept doubling down on his investment in AI,” explains Lian Jye Su, chief analyst at the consulting firm Omdia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official press has jumped on the Zhang bandwagon: the nationalist newspaper Global Times published an article last night praising not only the executive for resisting “constant political pressure in the U.S.” but also the Chinese technology sector in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The AI ‘boom’ is creating new billionaires not only among founders of digital platforms but also in the sectors of chips, (AI) models, robotics, or advanced manufacturing. Chinese analysts see it as proof of a comprehensive reevaluation of technological supply chains,” that media outlet notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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