Investors to Watch in the TikTok-Trump War

Illustration by Mike Sullivan

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Behind one of the most valuable private technology companies, ByteDance, is a cadre of some of the world’s most powerful technology investors.

While all have been fairly silent on the conflict with the Trump administration and ByteDance’s talks to sell part of TikTok to Microsoft, the investors’ behind-the-scenes connections—several have donated to President Trump’s reelection campaign—could influence the outcome.