From Facebook intern to TikTok CEO: Who is Singaporean Chew Shou Zi?


Chew Shou Zi joined ByteDance as chief financial officer in March 2021 before being appointed TikTok’s chief executive in May that year. - SCREENGRAB FROM SHOU.TIME/TIKTOK

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): He was once an intern at Facebook. Today, Singaporean Chew Shou Zi is the chief executive of popular social media app TikTok.

On Thursday (March 23), Chew, 40, will testify before the United States’ House Energy and Commerce Committee.

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