TikTok will become standalone U.S. company

ByteDance will place TikTok’s global business in a new U.S. headquartered company with Oracle Corp investing as a minority shareholder.

By Apurva Khairnar Published on September 16, 2020, 11:10 IST

The Financial Times reported on Tuesday that ByteDance will place TikTok’s global business in a new U.S. headquartered company with Oracle Corp investing as a minority shareholder.

Under ByteFance’s proposal, however the Beijing based company would keep amajority stake in TikTok’s global business in the headquarter for TikTOk in US. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday that ByteDance has offered to create 20,000 US jobs with TikTok.

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Apurva Khairnar

Apurva Khairnar is a final year student at MGM College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Apurva is currently working as a lifestyle sub editor at businessupturn.com and she is reachable at [email protected]