Julie Gao

Julie Gao spent over a decade as one of Asia's foremost capital markets lawyers before signing on as ByteDance's CFO in 2022. She now oversees the finances of one of the world's most scrutinized companies; a recent secondary share sale from one of ByteDance’s backers valued the company at $575 billion. Gao also manages the company's strategic transactions and investments. ByteDance has concluded its fight to keep TikTok operating in the U.S., but a new battle looms: a critical—and expensive—fight to lead China's AI sector. The company is developing a range of AI products including the widely-used chatbot Doubao and its video model Seedance 2.5.