Nikhil Gandhi, the India Head of short video-sharing platform TikTok, has decided to quit and is currently serving his notice period, IWMBuzz reported. Most recently, Gandhi was redesignated as TikTok Head for the Middle East, Africa, Turkey and South Asia. “After much reflection on my time here at ByteDance and looking at my future goals,…
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TikTok Names Shouzi Chew As CEO; Vanessa Pappas Becomes COO
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•TikTok named a new CEO and COO, in a strategic reorganization to optimize TikTok’s global teams and support the company’s unprecedented growth. Shouzi Chew, ByteDance’s CFO, will now also become CEO of TikTok, the world’s leading short-form video entertainment app. Vanessa Pappas, who has served as interim head, will formally take the role of TikTok…
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigns
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•TikTok’s Chief Executive Officer Kevin Mayer has resigned from the role just months after taking charge of the California-based short video-app. He will be replaced by Vanessa Pappas, who is currently the General Manager of the company. TikTok chief executive officer Kevin Mayer has quit, the company said in a statement. In a letter to…
TikTok-parent ByteDance to shut down its Vigo apps in India
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•Chinese internet giant and TikTok parent company, ByteDance recently said that it plans to discontinue two of its social media platforms Vigo Video and Vigo Lite in India. The company has reportedly asked its users from its biggest overseas market to move to TikTok. In its message to users on Vigo apps today, ByteDance said…
Disney Head of Streaming Kevin Mayer joins TikTok as CEO
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•Head of Streaming for The Walt Disney Co. Kevin Mayer has recently resigned from his position to join TikTok as Chief Executive Officer. Along with this role, Mayer will also serve as the Chief Operating Officer of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company. Mayer’s new appointment will be effective June 1, the Chinese company said. At Disney,…
TikTok appoints Erich Andersen as General Counsel
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•TikTok, a mobile video app, announced that the company has hired attorney Erich Andersen from Microsoft to serve as the company’s global general counsel. Earlier, Andersen was Microsoft’s chief intellectual property counsel, where his role was to bring expertise in an area which is now a key concern to TikTok as it builds out its…
TikTok Appoints Nikhil Gandhi as India Head
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•Former President and Chief Operating Officer of Times Global Broadcasting, Nikhil Gandhi, has been appointed as India head for TikTok. Tiktok is an iOS and Android social media video app for creating and sharing short lip-sync, comedy, and talent videos and was launched in 2017 by ByteDance. It has over 200 million users. Nikhil will…