By Moz Farooque ACCA
Publication Date: 2025-12-19 19:23:00
This article first appeared on GuruFocus.
After years of political back and forth TikTok is finally setting firm guidelines for its future in the USA. According to a Bloomberg report citing an internal memo from CEO Shou Chew, the short video platform has signed binding agreements to form a new US-based joint venture that will be majority owned by American investors.
oracle (NYSE:ORCL) emerges as the deal’s anchor partner, leading a group of buyers that also includes Abu Dhabi-based Silver Lake and MGX. Each will hold a 15% stake. The transaction is expected to close on January 22, 2026, subject to final approvals. Subsidiaries of existing ByteDance investors will own 30.1%, while ByteDance itself will retain a 19.9% stake, reducing its influence without fully stepping away.
Once completed, TikTok US will operate as a standalone company with authority over US user data, content moderation and platform security. Supervision is carried out by a seven-member board with…
