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But at just 38 he has also found that having a seat at the top table of China's rambunctious tech scene carries a heavy political and managerial price.
Zhang's startup Bytedance<\/a> owns video app TikTok, whose kaleidoscopic feeds of 15 to 60-second clips feature everything from hair-dye tutorials to dance routines and jokes about daily life.
The fomer computer programmer started Bytedance<\/a> in 2012 with his college friend and roommate Liang Rubo, the company's human resources manager who will take over this year from Zhang as CEO.
Zhang has said the pair bonded over a \"love for computers\", buying a computer and monitor between them as students at one of China's top universities, in the northern city of Tianjin.
He then built a name for himself helping other students install computers -- which was how he met his university sweetheart, who he later married.
In a departing memo unencumbered by the ritual self-congratulation of top executives, Zhang said he is leaving the role because he says he lacks managerial skills and prefers \"daydreaming about what might be possible\" to running the tech giant.
He also hopes to focus on \"social responsibility\", and is already ranked as one of China's top charitable givers.
But he steps down at a time of great pressure for many Chinese tech companies, with Beijing cracking down on its digital behemouths who wield huge influence over millions of Chinese consumers.
With a net worth of $36 billion Zhang is now China's fifth richest person, according to Forbes<\/a>.
Although he is in the upper echelons of the Beijing billionaires' club, Zhang described himself in his frank leaving message as \"not very social, preferring solitary activities like being online, reading, listening to music.\"
His move to handover day-to-day running of the firm follows similar moves by other tech tycoons, including Colin Huang of ecommerce giant Pinduoduo.
\"The regulatory environment for technology companies in China has become ever-changing and that requires a lot of energy and effort,\" said Shen Meng, a director at Beijing-based boutique investment bank Chanson & Co.
\"Wearing two hats at a company as sizeable as ByteDance<\/a> is just too stressful.\"
- Seeing the right moment - The youthful company prides itself on using artificial intelligence to personalise newsfeeds according to users' interests, with a keen eye for the needs of China's younger generations.
Zhang says his company's success is down to an \"ability to innovate at just the right moment\".
The group's first flagship product was the immensely popular Chinese news aggregation app Jinri Toutiao, and its top-hitters now include the Chinese version of TikTok, Douyin, plus productivity app Lark.
Bytedance has over 60,000 employees in more than 30 countries, and TikTok has built huge followings in the US and in southeast Asian markets.
\"ByteDance is mature enough for him to step back,\" said Ke Yan, a Singapore-based analyst with DZT Research.
\"He can now selectively do what he thinks is important, as opposed to being a CEO who needs to handle nitty-gritty things.\"
But the self-proclaimed daydreamer has faced huge pressure to convince the world that TikTok will not hand data over to China's Communist Party.
Former US President Donald Trump made a barrage of demands on Bytedance over security concerns, including calls for the US operations of TikTok be sold to an American company or face being shut down.
Bytedance has also faced bans and fines in the US and Pakistan over content or data collection -- and has been blocked in India amid bitter tensions between Delhi and Beijing.
For Zhang, the pressure has left him seeking a more straightforward worklife.
\"I came to the conclusion that transitioning out of the role of CEO, with all of the related day-to-day responsibilities, would enable me to have greater impact on longer-term initiatives,\" he said in his statement announcing he was stepping down.
In leaving the top role, the former programmer hopes to have the \"space\" to take a \"more objective perspective on the company.\"
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但只有38他还发现有一个座位在贵宾席上的中国的喧闹的技术场景沉重的政治和管理代价。
张的启动Bytedance拥有视频应用TikTok,千变万化的提要的15到60秒的剪辑功能从染发教程到舞蹈和日常生活开玩笑。
,计算机程序员开始Bytedance2012年与他的大学朋友和室友梁Rubo,公司的人力资源经理将接管今年张担任CEO。
张表示,对保税在电脑的“爱”,他们之间购买电脑和显示器作为学生在中国的顶尖大学之一,在北部城市天津。
之后他建造了一个名称为自己帮助其他学生安装电脑——这就是他遇到了他的大学恋人,后来他结婚了。
在离开备忘录不受高管的仪式自得,张说他离开这个角色,因为他说他缺乏管理技能,更喜欢“白日梦”可能运行的科技巨头。
他还希望关注“社会责任”,并已列为中国慈善捐赠者之一。
但他下台的巨大压力对许多中国科技公司与北京打击其数字behemouths谁在数以百万计的中国消费者有着相当大的影响力。
张的净资产360亿美元现在是中国最富有的五人,据《福布斯》。
虽然他在北京的高层亿万富翁俱乐部,张形容自己在弗兰克离开消息”不社交,喜欢单独活动,比如上网,阅读,听音乐。”
他搬到移交公司的日常运行前,其他科技巨头也采取了类似行动,包括电子商务巨头Pinduoduo科林黄。
“监管环境科技公司在中国已成为不断变化的,需要大量的能量和精力,“沈孟说,北京精品投资银行主管歌曲& Co。
“戴两顶帽子公司一样可观ByteDance实在是太紧张了。”
看到合适的时刻——年轻的公司自称使用人工智能个性化新闻根据用户的利益,用敏锐的眼光对中国年轻一代的需求。乐动扑克
张先生说,他的公司的成功是一个“创新能力在合适的时刻”。
集团的第一个旗舰产品是非常受欢迎的中国新闻聚合应用金日Toutiao及其top-hitters现在包括TikTok中文版,Douyin,加乐动扑克上生产力应用云雀。
Bytedance已经在30多个国家超过60000名员工,和TikTok建造了巨大的追随者在美国和东南亚市场。
“ByteDance足够成熟他退后一步,”柯Yan说,国家旅游局驻新加坡分析师的研究。
”他现在可以选择性地做自己认为很重要,而不是作为一个CEO需要处理本质的东西。”
但自称空想家面临着巨大的压力,让世界相信TikTok不会把数据交给中国共产党。
美国前总统在Bytedance唐纳德·特朗普提出的要求安全问题,包括要求美国业务TikTok被卖给一家美国公司,否则将面临被关闭。
Bytedance也面临禁令在美国和巴基斯坦和罚款内容或数据收集,一直在阻止印度在苦新德里与北京之间的紧张关系。
张的压力使他寻求一个更直接的职业生涯。
“我得出的结论是,逐步减少对首席执行官的角色,与所有相关的日常职责,更长远的举措将使我有更大的影响,”他说,在他的声明中宣布他辞职。
在离开前的作用,前者程序员希望“空间”,“更客观的角度看待公司。”
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