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'''Shou Zi Chew''' ({{zh|s=周受资}}; born 1 January 1983) is a Singaporean business executive who has been the [[chief executive officer]] (CEO) of [[TikTok]], an online video platform owned by Chinese company [[ByteDance]], since 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 January 2023 |title=TikTok CEO to meet EU antitrust chief Vestager on Tuesday |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-ceo-meet-eu-antitrust-chief-vestager-tuesday-2023-01-06/ |access-date=13 January 2023 |archive-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113025538/https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-ceo-meet-eu-antitrust-chief-vestager-tuesday-2023-01-06/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 January 2023 |title=TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew Will Launch a European Charm Offensive After the Company Admitted ... - Latest Tweet by Bloomberg |url=https://www.latestly.com/socially/business/tiktok-ceo-shou-zi-chew-will-launch-a-european-charm-offensive-after-the-company-admitted-latest-tweet-by-bloomberg-4693790.html |access-date=13 January 2023 |website=LatestLY |language=en |archive-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113025851/https://www.latestly.com/socially/business/tiktok-ceo-shou-zi-chew-will-launch-a-european-charm-offensive-after-the-company-admitted-latest-tweet-by-bloomberg-4693790.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=10 January 2023 |title=TikTok Launches EU Charm Offensive Amid US Crackdown |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-01-10/tiktok-launches-eu-charm-offensive-amid-us-crackdown |access-date=13 January 2023 |archive-date=10 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110065200/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-01-10/tiktok-launches-eu-charm-offensive-amid-us-crackdown |url-status=live }}</ref>
'''Shou Zi Chew''' (born 1 January 1983) is a Singaporean entrepreneur.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-06 |title=TikTok CEO to meet EU antitrust chief Vestager on Tuesday |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-ceo-meet-eu-antitrust-chief-vestager-tuesday-2023-01-06/ |access-date=2023-01-13}}</ref>
He is the CEO of social networking company [[TikTok]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-10 |title=TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew Will Launch a European Charm Offensive After the Company Admitted ... - Latest Tweet by Bloomberg |url=https://www.latestly.com/socially/business/tiktok-ceo-shou-zi-chew-will-launch-a-european-charm-offensive-after-the-company-admitted-latest-tweet-by-bloomberg-4693790.html |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=LatestLY |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-10 |title=TikTok Launches EU Charm Offensive Amid US Crackdown |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-01-10/tiktok-launches-eu-charm-offensive-amid-us-crackdown |access-date=2023-01-13}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
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Shou Zi studied at [[University College London]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-10 |title=State governments are banning TikTok, and global leaders are applauding the effort |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/01/10/tiktok-ban-state-government-devices-european-commission-hiring/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}}</ref> and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics in 2006. <ref>{{Cite web |title=TikTok fined $5.4 million by France for 'cookies' related issues |url=https://www.wionews.com/world/tiktok-fined-54-million-by-france-for-cookies-related-issues-552076 |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=WION}}</ref> He received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2010. <ref>https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/20/tech/tiktok-ceo-shou-zi-chew/index.html</ref>
Chew was born on 1 January 1983<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bendlin |first=Karli |date=2023-03-24 |title=Who Is TikTok CEO Shou Chew? Everything to Know |url=https://people.com/human-interest/who-is-tiktok-ceo-shou-chew/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> in Singapore to an [[Chinese Singaporeans|ethnic Chinese]] family.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/20/tech/tiktok-ceo-shou-zi-chew/index.html|title=Who is Shou Zi Chew? Mounting scrutiny on TikTok could put new spotlight on its CEO &#124; CNN Business|first=Catherine|last=Thorbecke|date=20 January 2023|website=CNN|access-date=1 February 2023|archive-date=1 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201012156/https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/20/tech/tiktok-ceo-shou-zi-chew/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His father reportedly worked in construction while his mother was a [[bookkeeper]].<ref name=":0"/> Upon graduating from [[Hwa Chong Institution]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Amanda |date=2023-03-23 |title=From Facebook intern to TikTok CEO: Who is Singaporean Chew Shou Zi? {{!}} The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/from-goldman-sachs-banker-to-tiktok-ceo-who-is-singaporean-chew-shou-zi |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=[[The Straits Times]] |language=en |archive-date=23 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323060925/https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/from-goldman-sachs-banker-to-tiktok-ceo-who-is-singaporean-chew-shou-zi |url-status=live }}</ref> Chew went on to serve [[National service in Singapore|National Service]] in which he was a [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned officer]] in the [[Singapore Armed Forces]].<ref name=":0" />
He joined [[ByteDance]], company headquartered in Beijing as CFO in March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AP |date=2023-01-11 |title=TikTok boss Shou Zi Chew meets European officials as scrutiny intensifies |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/tiktok-boss-shou-zi-chew-meets-european-officials-as-scrutiny-intensifies-123011001347_1.html |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=www.business-standard.com |language=en}}</ref>

He replaced former CEO [[Kevin A. Mayer]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iyengar |first=Rishi |title=What TikTok Has on You |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/12/tiktok-security-concerns-china-european-union-social-media/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}}</ref> who left the company after only 3 months in the role as CEO.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-10 |title=TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew meets with EU Commission vice-president |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/tiktok-ceo-shou-zi-chew-meets-with-eu-commission-vice-president/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. |language=en-US}}</ref>
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After his military service, Chew went on to study at [[University College London]] in England.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 January 2023 |title=State governments are banning TikTok, and global leaders are applauding the effort |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/01/10/tiktok-ban-state-government-devices-european-commission-hiring/ |access-date=13 January 2023 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US |archive-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113025935/https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/01/10/tiktok-ban-state-government-devices-european-commission-hiring/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He graduated from the college in 2006 with a [[Bachelor of Economics]] degree.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TikTok fined $5.4 million by France for 'cookies' related issues |url=https://www.wionews.com/world/tiktok-fined-54-million-by-france-for-cookies-related-issues-552076 |access-date=13 January 2023 |website=WION |date=12 January 2023 |archive-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113003248/https://www.wionews.com/world/tiktok-fined-54-million-by-france-for-cookies-related-issues-552076 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, he completed a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree at [[Harvard Business School]],<ref name="auto" /> and while there completed a summer internship at [[Facebook]] prior to [[Initial public offering of Facebook|its IPO]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who is TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/23/who-is-tiktok-ceo-shou-zi-chew|access-date=23 March 2023 |website=WION}}</ref>

==Career==
After graduating from University College London in 2006, Chew worked at [[Goldman Sachs]] in London for two years as a banker before he joined [[Yuri Milner]]'s venture capital firm [[DST Global]].<ref name=":0"/> At Russian investment firm DST Global,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Fried |first=Ina |date=2015-07-01 |title=Xiaomi Taps DST Investment Partner Shou Zi Chew to Be CFO |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/7/1/11564020/xiaomi-taps-dst-investment-partner-shou-zi-chew-to-be-cfo |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Vox |language=en |quote=Chew had been a partner at DST, Yuri Milner’s Russian investment firm, and an investor in Xiaomi. At DST, Chew was involved in the firm’s investments in Xiaomi, JD.com and Alibaba. |archive-date=3 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403191803/https://www.vox.com/2015/7/1/11564020/xiaomi-taps-dst-investment-partner-shou-zi-chew-to-be-cfo |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2015-07-01 |title=China's Xiaomi names DST partner Chew as chief financial officer |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-xiaomi-cfo-idUSKCN0PB3GA20150701 |access-date=2023-04-03 |quote=Chew, one of several bankers who left Goldman Sachs’ London office in the late 2000s to join Russian billionaire Yuri Milner’s DST, has been involved in the fund’s investment in e-commerce firms Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and JD.com Inc, as well as Didi Dache, China’s leading ride-hailing app. / Although DST’s investment in Xiaomi originated from Milner’s longstanding relationship with Xiaomi co-founder and chief executive Lei Jun, Chew, a Singaporean national known for his analytical skills, has been a key behind-the-scenes booster for Xiaomi during recent capital-raising deals. |archive-date=3 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403191818/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-xiaomi-cfo-idUSKCN0PB3GA20150701 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Dou |first=Eva |title=Shou Zi Chew Joins Xiaomi as CFO |url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/shou-zi-chew-joins-xiaomi-as-cfo-1435719748 |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=WSJ |language=en-US |quote=a former partner of Russian investment firm DST Global has joined [Xiaomi] as chief financial officer, its latest hire of a senior executive with an international background. / Shou Zi Chew, a Singaporean, had joined billionaire investor Yuri Milner's DST Global in 2010, and was involved in the company's investments in Xiaomi and other Chinese tech companies, Xiaomi said. |archive-date=3 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403191801/https://www.wsj.com/articles/shou-zi-chew-joins-xiaomi-as-cfo-1435719748 |url-status=live }}</ref> Chew led investment into [[JD.com]], [[Alibaba Group|Alibaba]], and [[Xiaomi]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> He also led a team of early investors in [[ByteDance]] in 2013.<ref name=":0" />

In 2015, Chew joined Xiaomi as its [[chief financial officer]].<ref name=":0" /> In 2019, he became Xiaomi's foreign business president.<ref name=":0" />

In March 2021, Chew joined ByteDance as its chief financial officer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AP |date=11 January 2023 |title=TikTok boss Shou Zi Chew meets European officials as scrutiny intensifies |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/tiktok-boss-shou-zi-chew-meets-european-officials-as-scrutiny-intensifies-123011001347_1.html |access-date=13 January 2023 |website=www.business-standard.com |language=en |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112220218/https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/tiktok-boss-shou-zi-chew-meets-european-officials-as-scrutiny-intensifies-123011001347_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Yang |first1=Yingzhi |last2=Zhu |first2=Julie |last3=Woo |first3=Ryan |date=24 March 2021 |title=TikTok owner ByteDance hires CFO in a step towards IPO |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bytedance-moves-xiaomi-idUSKBN2BG1JK |access-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326005416/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bytedance-moves-xiaomi-idUSKBN2BG1JK |archive-date=26 March 2021}}</ref> He subsequently replaced TikTok CEO [[Kevin A. Mayer]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iyengar |first=Rishi |title=What TikTok Has on You |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/12/tiktok-security-concerns-china-european-union-social-media/ |access-date=13 January 2023 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112231845/https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/12/tiktok-security-concerns-china-european-union-social-media/ |url-status=live }}</ref> who left the ByteDance subsidiary after three months on the job.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 January 2023 |title=TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew meets with EU Commission vice-president |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/tiktok-ceo-shou-zi-chew-meets-with-eu-commission-vice-president/ |access-date=13 January 2023 |website=SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. |language=en-US |archive-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113025745/https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/tiktok-ceo-shou-zi-chew-meets-with-eu-commission-vice-president/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 2023, Chew testified before the [[United States Congress]] regarding the legislative effort to ban TikTok in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Shepardson |first1=David |last2=Ayyub |first2=Rami |date=2023-03-24 |title=TikTok congressional hearing: CEO Shou Zi Chew grilled by US lawmakers |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-ceo-face-tough-questions-support-us-ban-grows-2023-03-23/ |access-date=2023-03-24 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325203118/https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-ceo-face-tough-questions-support-us-ban-grows-2023-03-23/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He testified again in January 2024, during a [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|United States Senate Judiciary Committee]] hearing regarding legislation on child internet safety.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shepardson |first1=David |last2=Brice |first2=Makini |title=Tech CEOs told 'you have blood on your hands' at US Senate child safety hearing |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-tiktok-x-ceos-face-tough-questions-child-safety-us-senate-hearing-2024-01-31/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |work=Reuters |date=2024-01-31 |language=en}}</ref>

He is the honorary chairperson of the 2024 edition of the [[Met Gala]] as TikTok is the lead sponsor of the event.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chin |first=Hui Shan |date=2024-02-16 |title=TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi named honorary chair for Met Gala 2024 |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/tiktok-ceo-chew-to-act-as-honorary-chair-for-met-gala-2024 |access-date=2024-02-16 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Conor |title=What We Know About Tonight's Met Gala: Backed By TikTok, With Zendaya And More Co-Chairing 'Garden Of Time' Themed Event |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/05/06/what-we-know-about-tonights-met-gala-backed-by-tiktok-with-zendaya-and-more-co-chairing-garden-of-time-themed-event/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> Chew is also recognized as one of the most impactful Asians in 2024 by Gold House.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Jack Dunn,Selena Kuznikov,Jazz Tangcay,Jaden |last2=Dunn |first2=Jack |last3=Kuznikov |first3=Selena |last4=Tangcay |first4=Jazz |last5=Thompson |first5=Jaden |date=2024-05-01 |title=Keanu Reeves, Jung Kook, Hayao Miyazaki Among Gold House's A100 Honorees |url=https://variety.com/lists/gold-house-a100-honoree-list-2024/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
In April 24, 2024, U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] signed a national security bill that Chew claims would inevitably [[Restrictions on TikTok in the United States|ban TikTok in the United States]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=President Biden signs law to ban TikTok nationwide unless it is sold |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/1246663779/biden-ban-tiktok-us}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Chew is married to Vivian Kao, an [[Taiwanese Americans|American citizen of Taiwanese descent]]. They met in 2008 while studying at [[Harvard Business School]].<ref name=":0" /> The couple have two children and live in Singapore.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Joseph |title=TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew's Congressional Hearing Has Many Curious About His Family |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/shou-zi-chew-wife |website=Distractify |access-date=25 March 2023 |date=24 March 2023 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325203123/https://www.distractify.com/p/shou-zi-chew-wife |url-status=live }}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 05:52, 17 December 2024

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chew.
The native form of this personal name is Chew Shou Zi. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Shou Zi Chew
周受资
Chew in 2023
Born
Chew Shou Zi

(1983-01-01) 1 January 1983 (age 41)
Singapore
Education
OccupationBusiness executive
Years active2006–present
TitleCFO of Xiaomi (2015–2021)
CFO of TikTok (2021)
CEO of TikTok (2021–present)
SpouseVivian Kao
Children2
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese周受资
Traditional Chinese周受資
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōu Shòuzī
Bopomofoㄓㄡ ㄕㄡˋ ㄗ
Wade–GilesChou1 Shou4-tzu1
Tongyong PinyinJhou Shòu-zih
IPA[ʈʂóʊ ʂôʊ.tsɹ̩́]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJChiu-Siū-Chu
Shou Zi Chew's voice
Chew's opening statement at a hearing before the United States House Energy and Commerce Committee
Recorded 23 March 2023
Websitetiktok.com

Shou Zi Chew (Chinese: 周受资; born 1 January 1983) is a Singaporean business executive who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of TikTok, an online video platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance, since 2021.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

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Chew was born on 1 January 1983[4] in Singapore to an ethnic Chinese family.[5] His father reportedly worked in construction while his mother was a bookkeeper.[6] Upon graduating from Hwa Chong Institution,[6] Chew went on to serve National Service in which he was a commissioned officer in the Singapore Armed Forces.[6]

After his military service, Chew went on to study at University College London in England.[7] He graduated from the college in 2006 with a Bachelor of Economics degree.[8] In 2010, he completed a Master of Business Administration degree at Harvard Business School,[5] and while there completed a summer internship at Facebook prior to its IPO.[9]

Career

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After graduating from University College London in 2006, Chew worked at Goldman Sachs in London for two years as a banker before he joined Yuri Milner's venture capital firm DST Global.[6] At Russian investment firm DST Global,[10][11][12] Chew led investment into JD.com, Alibaba, and Xiaomi.[10][11][12] He also led a team of early investors in ByteDance in 2013.[6]

In 2015, Chew joined Xiaomi as its chief financial officer.[6] In 2019, he became Xiaomi's foreign business president.[6]

In March 2021, Chew joined ByteDance as its chief financial officer.[13][14] He subsequently replaced TikTok CEO Kevin A. Mayer,[15] who left the ByteDance subsidiary after three months on the job.[16]

In March 2023, Chew testified before the United States Congress regarding the legislative effort to ban TikTok in the United States.[17] He testified again in January 2024, during a United States Senate Judiciary Committee hearing regarding legislation on child internet safety.[18]

He is the honorary chairperson of the 2024 edition of the Met Gala as TikTok is the lead sponsor of the event.[19][20] Chew is also recognized as one of the most impactful Asians in 2024 by Gold House.[21] In April 24, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a national security bill that Chew claims would inevitably ban TikTok in the United States.[22]

Personal life

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Chew is married to Vivian Kao, an American citizen of Taiwanese descent. They met in 2008 while studying at Harvard Business School.[6] The couple have two children and live in Singapore.[23]

References

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  1. ^ "TikTok CEO to meet EU antitrust chief Vestager on Tuesday". Reuters. 6 January 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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