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Chinese internet giant ByteDance<\/a> Inc. is seeking a new chief executive officer for its TikTok<\/a> business, a hugely popular video app that American politicians have targeted as a potential security threat.
The company has interviewed candidates in recent months for the CEO role, which would be based in the US, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because the search is private. In one potential scenario, the new CEO would oversee TikTok’s non-technical functions, including advertising and operations, while current TikTok chief Alex Zhu would continue to manage the majority of product and engineering out of China, one person said. The hiring process is ongoing and the envisioned role could still change depending on who is selected, the people added.
Zhu, who co-founded a predecessor to TikTok called Musical.ly<\/a>, took over the business last year, though ByteDance also has a Chinese version of TikTok called Douyin, which is run by a different management team. The eventual corporate structure involving Zhu and the new CEO is still unclear, the people said, and Bytedance has hired executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles to help lead the process.
A spokesman for TikTok declined to comment. Heidrick & Struggles didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The new hire won’t affect the role of Vanessa Pappas, who currently oversees TikTok’s US operations from Los Angeles, one person said. In a blog post Wednesday, Pappas wrote that TikTok has opened a new Culver City office with plans to “scale our local operations,” and now has more than 400 US employees.
“While we are a global company, having a permanent office in LA speaks to our commitment to the U.S. market and deepens our bonds with the city, and the talent and companies, that call it home,” she wrote.
Beijing-based ByteDance, led by CEO Yiming Zhang<\/a>, has built TikTok and Douyin into some of the world’s most popular apps with more than a billion users between them who share short video clips of things like lip-syncing and dance videos. That has made ByteDance the most valuable tech startup in the world, challenging the dominance of U.S. companies like Facebook Inc. and Snap<\/a> Inc.
The app is growing fast and drawing a lot of attention from advertisers and competitors. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said over the weekend he thought TikTok alone could grow to be larger than Instagram, which has more than 1 billion active users and has been the go-to social media destination for young people in the U.S.
With rising tensions between China and the U.S., however, American politicians have warned the app represents a national-security threat. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., better known as CFIUS<\/a>, has begun a review of ByteDance’s 2017 purchase of the business that became TikTok, Bloomberg News reported in November.
ByteDance is weighing a range of options to address those concerns, from an aggressive legal defense to the sale of a stake in TikTok, Bloomberg News reported in December. A representative for the company said at the time there have been no discussions about any partial or full sale of TikTok.
“I remain deeply concerned that any platform or application that has Chinese ownership or direct links to China, such as TikTok, can be used as a tool by the Chinese Communist Party to extend its authoritarian censorship of information outside China’s borders and amass data on millions of unsuspecting users,” U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, wrote in a letter to the Treasury Department, which chairs CFIUS.
The hiring of a new U.S. CEO may be aimed at resolving those security concerns, the people said. It’s possible ByteDance is searching for a candidate who could help address questions in Washington or for someone with the skills to lead an independent business if it faces pressure to separate TikTok from the Chinese parent. It’s unclear how much autonomy this new CEO would have. A number of successful tech companies are led by CEOs who also have influence over product direction, including Facebook, Snap and Twitter.
ByteDance would prefer to maintain full control of the business if possible, given its soaring popularity and profit potential, Bloomberg News reported earlier. It may argue that TikTok presents no security threat or that the U.S. has no legal standing over the business.
TikTok has said it strives to create a safe and positive online environment. “We are not influenced by any foreign government, including the Chinese government; TikTok does not operate in China, nor do we have any intention of doing so in the future,” the company said in October.
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ByteDance正寻求一个新的CEO TikTok业务
可能ByteDance正在寻找一位候选人在华盛顿可以帮助解决问题或与技能的人来领导一个独立的业务,如果中国父母分离TikTok面临压力。
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中国互联网巨头ByteDance公司正寻求一个新的首席执行官TikTok业务,一个广受欢迎的视频应用,美国政客们目标作为一个潜在的安全威胁。
近几个月来公司面试候选人的首席执行官的角色,这将是建立在美国,据知情人士透露,他要求匿名,因为搜索是私人的。在一个潜在的场景中,新任首席执行官将监督TikTok非技术的功能,包括广告和操作,虽然目前TikTok首席亚历克斯·朱将继续管理的大部分产品和工程的中国,一个人说。招聘过程正在进行和预想的作用仍然可以改变取决于谁被选中时,人们说。
朱,他成立了一个前任TikTok称为Musical.ly去年接手业务,尽管ByteDance也有一个中国版的TikTok称为Douyin,这是由不同的管理团队。最终公司结构涉及朱和新CEO仍不清楚,人说,Bytedance已聘请猎头公司海德思哲帮助引导过程。
TikTok发言人拒绝置评。海德思哲没有回应记者的置评请求。
新员工不会影响凡妮莎·帕帕斯的角色,目前负责TikTok来自洛杉矶的美国业务,一个人说。周三在一篇博客文章中,帕帕斯写道,TikTok打开了一个新的卡尔弗城办公室计划规模我们当地操作,“现在,我们拥有超过400员工。
“虽然我们是一个全球公司,拥有一个永久的办公室在洛杉矶证明我们的承诺,美国市场与城市和加深我们的债券,和人才公司,那叫回家,”她写道。
北京ByteDance由首席执行官张翳明,建立了TikTok和Douyin到一些世界上最受欢迎的应用程序有超过十亿用户之间分享短视频剪辑对嘴和舞蹈视频。这使得ByteDance世界上最有价值的科技公司,挑战美国Facebook inc .等公司的统治地位提前公司。
应用快速增长,吸引很多注意力从广告客户和竞争对手。临时CEO埃文明镜上周末表示,他认为TikTok就可以长到超过Instagram,拥有超过10亿活跃用户,社交媒体的首选目的地已经在美国的年轻人
中国和美国之间不断升级的紧张局势然而,美国的政客们已经警告说,应用程序构成国家安全的威胁。美国的外国投资委员会,更好的被称为外国投资委员会开始回顾ByteDance 2017年收购的业务,成为TikTok,彭博新闻报道11月。乐动扑克
ByteDance正在考虑一系列选项来解决这些问题,从积极的法律辩护TikTok出售的股份,12月份彭博新闻报道。乐动扑克公司的一位代表说,当时没有讨论TikTok的任何部分或全部出售。
“我仍深深的担心,任何平台或应用程序所有权或直接链接到中国,如TikTok,可以用作一个工具由中国共产党来扩展它的专制审查与中国以外的世界的信息和积累数据数以百万计的毫无戒心的用户,”美国参议员马可卢比奥,来自佛罗里达州的共和党人,致函美国财政部,美国外国投资委员会主席。
招聘一个新的美国CEO可能旨在解决这些安全问题,。可能ByteDance正在寻找一位候选人在华盛顿可以帮助解决问题或与技能的人来领导一个独立的业务,如果中国父母分离TikTok面临压力。目前尚不清楚这个新CEO多大的自主权。为首的许多成功的高科技公司ceo也影响产品方向,包括Facebook、吸附和Twitter。
ByteDance宁愿保持完全控制的业务如果可能,鉴于其飙升的人气和利润潜力,彭博新闻报道。乐动扑克它可能认为TikTok礼物没有安全威胁或美国没有法律站在业务。
TikTok曾表示,努力创造一个安全的和积极的网络环境。“我们没有受到任何外国政府,包括中国政府;TikTok并不在中国运营,也不有任何将来打算这么做,”该公司表示。
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