Zhang Yiming becomes Asia’s richest person, worth 700 billion at age 43—this marks the first time Zhang Yiming has taken the position of Asia’s richest.
Behind his success are extreme restraint and self-discipline. Zhang Yiming once said that most of his time is spent on self-cultivation, and he creates wealth along the way. He doesn’t smoke or drink, doesn’t like cars, doesn’t play games, doesn’t play golf, and he has only two favorite things: learning and thinking things through in a daze.
This young man from Fujian, who once saw multiple startups fail when he first tried, is now a top-tier business titan. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his net worth has exceeded $105 billion, about RMB 700 billion, surpassing Indian tycoon Adani. And when Bloomberg first began tracking him in 2019, he still had only $13 billion.
From Douyin to TikTok, from live-stream shopping to cross-border e-commerce, and now to the core driving force behind this surge in wealth—AI—Zhang Yiming’s sensitivity to the direction of the times has remained sharp.
In the AI era, ByteDance’s lineup is already on the table. Doubao’s monthly active users lead by a wide margin; Seedance has stunned the world, driving ByteDance’s valuation upward.
Behind his success are extreme restraint and self-discipline. Zhang Yiming once said that most of his time is spent on self-cultivation, and he creates wealth along the way. He doesn’t smoke or drink, doesn’t like cars, doesn’t play games, doesn’t play golf, and he has only two favorite things: learning and thinking things through in a daze.
This young man from Fujian, who once saw multiple startups fail when he first tried, is now a top-tier business titan. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his net worth has exceeded $105 billion, about RMB 700 billion, surpassing Indian tycoon Adani. And when Bloomberg first began tracking him in 2019, he still had only $13 billion.
From Douyin to TikTok, from live-stream shopping to cross-border e-commerce, and now to the core driving force behind this surge in wealth—AI—Zhang Yiming’s sensitivity to the direction of the times has remained sharp.
In the AI era, ByteDance’s lineup is already on the table. Doubao’s monthly active users lead by a wide margin; Seedance has stunned the world, driving ByteDance’s valuation upward.