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Bill Ford

AddedMar 31, 2024

UpdatedMay 31, 2026

Bill Ford

Bill Ford

Board Member, ByteDance

Bill Ford's Career

ByteDance

Beijing, Beijing, CN

Board Member· Board

General Atlantic

General Atlantic

New York City, NY, US

CEO· C-Suite · Management

BlackRock

New York City, NY, US

Board Member· Board

Tory Burch

New York City, NY, US

Board Member· Board

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ByteDance

Late Stage Private$9.5B2k2012Beijing, Beijing, CN

Board Member· Board

Recent news

Introducing TikTok GO: A new way to discover and book experiences on TikTokTikTok Newsroom · 2026

Luma launches creative AI agents powered by its new ‘Unified Intelligence’ modelsTechCrunch · 2026

Announcement from the new TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLCTikTok Newsroom · 2026

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Liang RuboBoard Member

Lidong ZhangBoard Member

Zhang YimingFounder

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General Atlantic

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