TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas has arguably been a public face for the company in recent years, but mounting scrutiny over the app could put a new spotlight on the company's CEO, a longtime tech finance executive named Shou Zi Chew
When TikTok was the title sponsor last summer for Vidcon, an annual convention for the creators and brands that make up a key part of the short-form video app’s audience and business, it was Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas who got on stage for the industry keynote event. Months later, when TikTok was grilled by Congress over privacy and security concerns, Pappas was the TikTok executive in the hot seat fielding questions.
In 2020, as it faced growing pressure from the Trump administration, TikTok repeatedly defended itself against critics by touting its “American CEO,” Kevin Mayer, a former executive at one of the most iconic US companies, Disney. Mayer held the chief executive position at TikTok for just three months before stepping down.
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