The billionaire spent much of 2022 overseas, using Singapore as a primary base, The Information reported at the time, fuelling speculation he had applied for foreign citizenship. TikTok included Zhang’s status in a section outlining influential figures at the company.
Like many of China’s corporate elite, several of ByteDance’s honchos have shown a predilection for the prosperous city state in past years.
Zhang years ago handed leadership at ByteDance to fellow co-founder and college roommate Liang Rubo, who is now also based in Singapore. TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi himself is…
