Shou Zi Chew: Who is the TikTok CEO?

Chew Shou Zi is the chief executive of popular social media app TikTok.

He was once an intern at Facebook.

Born and bred in Singapore, he is fluent in English and Chinese.

Chew is a Hwa Chong alumnus and was an officer in the Singapore Armed Forces during his national service.

After completing NS, he attended University College London and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics.

Shou Zi Chew stayed on in London to work as a banker for the Goldman Sachs Group.

In 2010, he went to Harvard Business School to study for a master of business administration (MBA).

While studying at Harvard Business School (HBS), he met Taiwanese-American Vivian Kao. They later got married and now have two children. She is currently a chief executive for an investment firm.

After two years working as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in Britain and his internship at Facebook in the US, Chew joined venture capital firm DST Global.

In March of 2021, he became the very first person to be the Chief Financial Officer of the media giant.

A month later, in May of 2021 Shou Zi Chew was named as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the social media company.