Meet Shou Zi Chew, TikTok's 40-year-old CEO who's entered the spotlight as he tries to defend the company from growing security concerns and ban threats
TikTok is under a lot of scrutiny right now. World leaders, including President Biden, worry the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform is a danger to national security, and they're threatening it with nationwide bans.
CEO Shou Zi Chew is 40 years old, from Singapore, and got his start as an intern at Facebook.Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg in 2010, before he took his company public.He earned his bachelor's degree in economics at the University College London before heading to Harvard Business School for his MBA in 2010. . Facebook went public in mid-2012.Shou Zi Chew and Vivian Kao attend The 2022 Met Gala.
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