Most Powerful Women Asia

Z. Julie Gao

Courtesy of ByteDance
  • Title
    CFO
  • Company/Affiliation
    ByteDance
  • Country/Territory
    Hong Kong

After former CFO Chew Shou Zi became head of TikTok in 2022, Chinese social media giant ByteDance filled the vacancy seven months later with Z. Julie Gao, a veteran corporate lawyer. The UCLA grad had counseled ByteDance through major acquisitions of video app Musical.ly and Mobile Legends developer Moonton Technology. TikTok's parent must now field‚ or fend off‚ multiple offers for the platform amid a possible U.S. ban.