World's most valuable startup is helmed by 35-year-old you haven't heard of

World's most valuable startup is helmed by 35-year-old you haven't heard of

Zhang Yiming, founder of Beijing ByteDance Technology Co. Photographer: Giulia Marchi/Bloomberg

When Zhang Yiming first shopped the idea of a news aggregation app powered by artificial intelligence six years ago, investors including Sequoia Capital were skeptical.

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