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Shou Zi Chew      

CEO at TikTok

Shou Zi Chew is a Singaporean businessman who has been serving as Chief Executive Officer of TikTok, an online video platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance, since 2021. He has been credited for propelling the company to new heights, overseeing matters related to cybersecurity, legal compliance, and government and public relations for the platform. Under Chew’s leadership, TikTok has surpassed one billion downloads worldwide.

He also joined ByteDance as Chief Financial Officer in March 2021 but has since stepped down from the role to focus on growing TikTok.

Chew completed mandatory military service for the Singaporean government as a teenager then moved to England to enroll at University College London. After earning his bachelor's degree in economics, he landed a job as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs in London for two years before leaving to obtain his MBA at Harvard Business School. While at Harvard, Chew took a summer internship at a then-modest startup technology company called Facebook.

Since then, Chew has also held positions at venture capital firm DST Global and at Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi, where he was Chief Financial Officer. One of ByteDance’s early investors was DST, where Chew led the team involved in the social media venture.

In March 2023, Chew testified before the United States Congress regarding the legislative effort to ban TikTok in the United States. He testified again in January 2024, during a United States Senate Judiciary Committee hearing regarding legislation on child internet safety.

Chew has twice been named to Tatler Asia's Most Influential Singapore list, in 2022 and 2023. He was the honorary chairperson of the 2024 edition of the Met Gala.

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