ByteStyle is fundamental to corporate culture at ByteDance and represents the principles we uphold as employees.
Champion Diversity & Inclusion
Welcome people as they are, value uniqueness, and inspire potential.
Be tenacious in making sure that the diversity of the world is reflected in your team.
Encourage participation from everyone.
Seek out view that challenge your own to create mutual respect and true appreciation for differences.
Be a champion of inclusion and foster a welcoming workplace.
Aim for the Highest
Raise the bar. Wait for bigger gains. Find the best solutions by widening your perspective. Be attentive. Distill ideas down to their fundamental truths. Keep learning and growing.
Be Grounded & Courageous
Make your own discoveries. Dive deep into facts. Focus on impact but stay level-headed. Take ownership, assume risks and break the mold. Create multiple possibilities through rapid evolution.
Be Open & Humble
Trust yourself, trust each other. Be willing to offer and ask for help. Collaboration creates value. Approach problems with the big picture in mind. Be mindful and check your ego; stay open to different ideas.
Be Candid & Clear
Dare to share your honest opinions. It's okay to make mistakes. Own it when you do. Stick to the facts, identify issues, and avoid "leader-pleasing." Be accurate and forthright; be methodical and focused.
Always Day 1
Take initiative and push boundaries — there is no task too big or too small. Be resilient. Face reality and change it. Embrace change as an opportunity. Thrive in it. Always think like Day 1.
Champion Diversity & Inclusion
Welcome people as they are, value uniqueness, and inspire potential.
Be tenacious in making sure that the diversity of the world is reflected in your team.
Encourage participation from everyone.
Seek out view that challenge your own to create mutual respect and true appreciation for differences.
Be a champion of inclusion and foster a welcoming workplace.
Aim for the Highest
Raise the bar. Wait for bigger gains. Find the best solutions by widening your perspective. Be attentive. Distill ideas down to their fundamental truths. Keep learning and growing.
Be Grounded & Courageous
Make your own discoveries. Dive deep into facts. Focus on impact but stay level-headed. Take ownership, assume risks and break the mold. Create multiple possibilities through rapid evolution.
Be Open & Humble
Trust yourself, trust each other. Be willing to offer and ask for help. Collaboration creates value. Approach problems with the big picture in mind. Be mindful and check your ego; stay open to different ideas.
Be Candid & Clear
Dare to share your honest opinions. It's okay to make mistakes. Own it when you do. Stick to the facts, identify issues, and avoid "leader-pleasing." Be accurate and forthright; be methodical and focused.
Always Day 1
Take initiative and push boundaries — there is no task too big or too small. Be resilient. Face reality and change it. Embrace change as an opportunity. Thrive in it. Always think like Day 1.
Champion Diversity & Inclusion
Welcome people as they are, value uniqueness, and inspire potential.
Be tenacious in making sure that the diversity of the world is reflected in your team.
Encourage participation from everyone.
Seek out view that challenge your own to create mutual respect and true appreciation for differences.
Be a champion of inclusion and foster a welcoming workplace.
Leadership
Yiming Zhang
Founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board
Yiming Zhang is the founder and CEO of ByteDance. Yiming started several ventures prior to ByteDance, including Kuxun—then the dominant travel and transportation search engine in China, which was later acquired by TripAdvisor—as well as the real estate search portal 99fang. In 2019, Yiming was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time Magazine. He holds a B.A. in Software Engineering from Nankai University.
Arthur Dantchik
Board Director
William Ford
Board Director
Philippe Laffont
Board Director
Neil Shen
Board Director
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Investors
In alphabetical order
Corporate Structure
For illustration purposes, this corporate chart only disclosed main operating entities of Bytedance Group as of December 31, 2019
Offices
With products available in over 150 markets, we have offices in 126 cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo. As of November 2019, ByteDance has over 60,000 employees and 15 research and development centers around the globe.
Los Angeles, US
London, UK
Tokyo, Japan
Mumbai, India
Milestones
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ByteDance founded in a four-bedroom apartment
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Toutiao launches as one of ByteDance's first products
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Douyin launches in China and quickly becomes a popular short-video sharing platform
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ByteDance becomes the controlling stakeholder of Indonesian news app BABE
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TikTok launches outside of mainland China
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ByteDance acquires popular short-video platform musical.ly
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Helo launches in India as a social media platform
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musical.ly merges with TikTok to unify the two platforms
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Lark launches in Japan and Singapore as ByteDance's first enterprise product
