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ByteDance Hit $3 Billion in Net Profit Last Year
- ByteDance achieved over $17 billion of revenue in 2019
- The Chinese startup’s phenomenal growth will propel IPO value
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TikTok’s parent ByteDance Ltd. generated more than $3 billion of net profit on over $17 billion in revenue last year, figures that show the world’s most valuable startup is still growing at a brisk rate, according to people familiar with the matter.
The revenue for last year was more than double the company’s tally of about $7.4 billion in 2018, propelled by phenomenal growth in user traffic that’s drawn advertisers away from Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Baidu Inc. The people asked not to be identified because the financial details are private.