PANews|Sep 16, 2026 07:38
[ByteDance Founder Zhang Yiming Becomes Asia's Richest Person, Net Worth Surpasses $105 Billion]
According to Jiemian News, as wealth related to artificial intelligence soars, billionaires in traditional industries are being surpassed. Zhang Yiming, the founder of ByteDance, has for the first time become Asia's richest person. The 43-year-old Zhang Yiming now has a net worth exceeding $105 billion. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his fortune has surpassed that of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani. Compared to the $13 billion recorded in March 2019 when Bloomberg first began tracking him, Zhang Yiming's wealth has grown approximately sevenfold. Zhang Yiming was already China's richest person, thanks to the global sensation TikTok and ByteDance's strategic investments in the AI sector, including the popular AI chatbot Doubao and the video generation model Seedance.
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