At the age of 43, Zhang Yiming, the founder of ByteDance, has propelled his net worth to exceed $105 billion, thanks to the global success of TikTok and his strategic布局 (layout, here meaning "strategic positioning" in the AI sector). This represents a nearly sevenfold increase since 2019, catapulting him to the pinnacle of wealth in Asia for the first time, and surpassing traditional industry titans such as Adani.
