TikTok / ByteDance
Source Passport
KZ-T-00008-5
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- Legal name
- Not disclosed
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Type
- Platform or infrastructure
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Chief executive
- Rubo Liang (Chairman of the Board, ByteDance, per bytedance.com)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 14 August 2026
0 of 5 layers verified
Transparency
Limited
3 of 7 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) on record, not yet checked
- State or public-body ownership stated not disclosed
- Revenue mix or named funders not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names
- Not disclosed
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
2 sources
- ByteDance corporate website, read 13 Oct 2026 ('ByteDance was founded in 2012 by a team led by Yiming Zhang and Rubo Liang'; Rubo Liang 'Chairman of the Board'; board: Rubo Liang, Arthur Dantchik, William E. Ford, Xavier Niel, Neil Shen; 'Select Investors': Coatue, General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, KKR, SIG, SoftBank Vision Fund, Source Code Capital, Tiger Global)
- ByteDance 'About' page, read 13 Oct 2026 (same founding statement; 'over 150,000 employees based out of nearly 120 cities')
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Holding Owner type ByteDance Ltd. (Cayman Islands) Indirect Company Yiming Zhang (person with significant control of TikTok's UK companies: voting rights above 50%) Indirect Person - Beneficial owners Pending check
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- State or public-body ownership
- Not disclosed
- Parent group Pending check
- ByteDance Ltd. (Cayman Islands)
4 sources
- Companies House, persons with significant control of TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited (10165711), read 13 Oct 2026 (Yiming Zhang, notified 5 Dec 2017: shares >25%-50%, voting rights >50%-<75%)
- Companies House, persons with significant control of TikTok Prosperity UK Limited (15009972), read 13 Oct 2026 (Yiming Zhang, notified 18 Jul 2023: shares >25%-50%, voting rights >50%-<75%)
- White House, Executive Order 14352 'Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security', 25 Sep 2025 (US joint venture: 'ByteDance Ltd. and its affiliates will own less than 20 percent of the entity', remainder held by investor parties; new board of directors)
- TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, 'About our company', read 13 Oct 2026 (CEO Adam Presser; board: Shou Chew, Timothy Dattels, Mark Dooley, Egon Durban, Raul Fernandez, Kenneth Glueck, David Scott; post 'TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC Established...' dated 23 Jan 2026)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named investors and funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Not yet verified
- Official websites Pending check
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
3 sources
- European Commission, list of designated very large online platforms and search engines under the DSA, information updated 31 Aug 2026 (TikTok: provider TikTok Technology Limited, designated 25 Apr 2023; 135.9m average monthly active recipients in the EU as reported by the provider)
- Companies House, company overview TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited, read 13 Oct 2026 (10165711; registered office Kaleidoscope, 4 Lindsey Street, London EC1A 9HP; active; incorporated 6 May 2016; SIC 62090, 63990)
- TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC website, read 13 Oct 2026 (US service entity; footer 'TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC')
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Other services of the same group
- Not disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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