ByteDance poaches from Facebook to power short video app TikTok’s global expansion


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  • Tuesday, 18 Jun 2019

Chandlee wrote in a post on his Facebook account that he joined TikTok to help the ByteDance team

ByteDance, the world’s most valuable start-up, has moved to bolster the overseas expansion of popular short-form video app TikTok by hiring a senior executive from social media giant Facebook.

The Beijing-based company’s new recruit, Blake Chandlee, has been appointed as TikTok’s head of strategic partnerships. He most recently served as vice-president of global partnerships for more than eight years at Facebook.

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