ByteDance
Our Mission
Inspire Creativity, Enrich Life
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Culture
At ByteDance, we call our values "ByteStyles." They help guide how we work together, and how we aim to bring our Mission and Vision to life.
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Board Members
Rubo Liang
Chairman of the Board
Arthur Dantchik
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William E. Ford
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Xavier Niel
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Neil Shen
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History of ByteDance
ByteDance was founded in 2012 by a team led by Yiming Zhang and Rubo Liang, who saw opportunities in the then-nascent mobile internet market, and aspired to build platforms that could enrich people's lives. The company launched Toutiao, one of its flagship products, in August 2012. It followed that success with the launch of Douyin in September 2016. Approximately a year later, ByteDance accelerated globalization with the launch of its global short video product, TikTok. It quickly took off in markets like Southeast Asia, signaling a new opportunity for the company. ByteDance acquired Musical.ly in November 2017 and subsequently merged it with TikTok. Today, the TikTok platform, which is available outside of China, has become the leading destination for short-form mobile videos worldwide.
In support of its mission to Inspire Creativity and Enrich Life, ByteDance has made it easy and fun for people to connect with, create and consume content. People are also able to discover and transact with a suite of more than a dozen products and services such as TikTok, CapCut, TikTok Shop, Lark, Pico and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, as well as products and services specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, Fanqie, Xigua, Feishu and Douyin E-commerce.
ByteDance has over 150,000 employees based out of nearly 120 cities globally, including Austin, Barcelona, Beijing, Berlin, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, Jakarta, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, and Tokyo.
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Code of Conduct
We believe at ByteDance that high ethical standards and a culture of integrity play a pivotal role throughout the development of the company. Therefore, we have developed the ByteDance Code of Conduct and ByteDance Partner Code of Conduct.
View the Code of Conduct(PDF)→
Milestones
March 2012
ByteDance founded in a four-bedroom apartment
August 2012
Toutiao launches as one of ByteDance's first products
September 2016
Douyin launches in China and quickly becomes a popular short-video sharing platform
December 2016
ByteDance becomes the controlling stakeholder of Indonesian news app BABE
May 2017
TikTok launches outside of mainland China
November 2017
ByteDance acquires popular short-video platform musical.ly
June 2018
Helo launches in India as a social media platform
August 2018
musical.ly merges with TikTok to unify the two platforms
March 2019
Lark launches in Japan and Singapore as ByteDance's first enterprise product
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