{"id":2548421,"date":"2026-01-22T22:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-hands-control-of-us-operations-to-trump-backed-investors\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T22:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:07:56","slug":"tiktok-hands-control-of-us-operations-to-trump-backed-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-hands-control-of-us-operations-to-trump-backed-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok hands control of US operations to Trump-backed investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftiktok-hands-control-of-us-operations-to-trump-backed-investors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2548421&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>TikTok has finalized a deal to spin off its U.S. operations into TikTok U.S. Data Security Joint Venture LLC, a majority-American-owned entity backed by investors aligned with former President Donald Trump. ByteDance will retain a 19.9% stake, while Oracle, silver Lake, and MGX each hold 15% as the three managing investors; other backers include Michael Dell&#8217;s investment firm and allies of Trump such as Oracle&#8217;s Larry Ellison. The joint venture &#8211; whose CEO is Adam Presser and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-book-claims-facebook-knew-of-election-interference-in-early-2016\/\" title=\"New book claims Facebook knew of election interference in early 2016\">chief security officer<\/a> is Will Farrell, both former TikTok executives &#8211; will be overseen by a seven-member, majority-American board that includes TikTok CEO Shou Chew and executives from TPG, Susquehanna, Silver Lake, DXC, Oracle, and MGX. The White House confirmed the deal&#8217;s completion after it was publicly announced; it follows congressional legislation that threatened a U.S. ban unless ByteDance divested and executive actions that delayed enforcement. Oracle will provide much of the data-security infrastructure; the company says the change should reduce foreign control and manipulation risks while leaving the average user experience largely unchanged.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">TikTok finalizes deal handing control of US operations to Trump-backed investors<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2480910\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiktok\/\">TikTok<\/a> is moving to spin off its U.S. operations into a separate entity controlled by a group of primarily American investors backed by President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, the company announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nurses-dance-in-cringeworthy-tiktok-video-at-a-time-when-hospitals-are-supposedly-overrun-due-to-covid\/\" title=\"Nurses Dance In Cringeworthy ... Video At A Time When Hospitals Are Supposedly \u201cOverrun\u201d Due To COVID\">social media app<\/a>, known for its short-form video content, will now be owned in the United States by TikTok U.S. Data Security Joint Venture LLC. The app&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\">Chinese<\/a> parent company, ByteDance, will retain a 19.9% stake in the joint venture, while the majority will be held by American investors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4430509\/warner-bros-discovery-shareholders-paramount-netflix\/\">Warner Bros. Discovery says over 93% of its shareholders rejected &#8216;inferior&#8217; Paramount offer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4430521\/real-housewives-star-angie-k-testifies-congress-support-american-franchise-act\/\">Real Housewives star Angie K testifies in Congress to support American Franchise Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4427797\/unitedhealth-group-vows-give-customer-rebates-affordable-care-act-profits\/\">UnitedHealth Group vows to give customer rebates with Affordable Care Act profits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The announcement comes one month after TikTok <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3927047\/tiktok-deal-us-entity-american-investors\/\">inked the deal<\/a> to sell its U.S. entity to the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >joint venture group<\/a>. On Thursday, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> confirmed that the deal had been finalized before TikTok made its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.tiktok.com\/announcement-from-the-new-tiktok-usds-joint-venture-llc?lang=en\">public announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX each own 15% as the three managing investors. Among the other investors is the personal investment firm of Dell CEO Michael Dell, who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3903649\/michael-susan-dell-donate-6-billion-fund-trump-accounts-25-million-children\/\">financially backed<\/a> the so-called Trump Accounts reserved for U.S. children born between 2025 and 2028. Larry Ellison, another Trump ally, leads Oracle.<\/p>\n<p>The newly announced TikTok-U.S. joint venture will be led by Adam Presser, CEO, and Will Farrell, Chief Security Officer, both of whom previously held positions at TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>Filling the joint venture&rsquo;s seven-member, majority-American board of directors are: TikTok CEO Shou Chew, TPG Global senior adviser Timothy Dattels, Susquehanna International Group managing director Mark Dooley, Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban, DXC Technology CEO Raul Fernandez, Oracle Executive Vice President Kenneth Glueck, and MGX chief strategy and safety officer David Scott.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">In September, Trump&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3824685\/trump-signs-executive-order-tiktok-deal-us\/\">signed an executive order<\/a>&nbsp;to keep TikTok operating in the United <\/span>States, as the app faced a deadline to divest from ByteDance. Trump repeatedly pushed the deadline back via executive action.<\/p>\n<p>Given the platform&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pulls-65-pending-trump-executive-orders\/\" title=\"Biden Pulls 65 Pending ... ...s\">national security implications<\/a> of being owned by a Chinese company, it has been a particular concern to the federal government for years.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4408013\/trump-commemorates-tiktok-wins-2025\/\">TRUMP COMMEMORATES TIKTOK &lsquo;WINS&rsquo; FROM 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a> passed a bipartisan bill to ban TikTok in the U.S. if ByteDance didn&rsquo;t sell it off to an American company. The law caused the app to briefly shut down last January, but Trump issued an executive order to temporarily delay the ban on his first day back in office.<\/p>\n<p>The new deal is unlikely to change the average TikTok user&rsquo;s experience, but it does mean more data security and less foreign manipulation for U.S. users. Oracle is providing much of the data security, while the two other managing investors are taking key leadership roles in the joint operation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok U.S. sold to Trump-backed investors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2548422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26023052378716.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[50611,47909,6248,71724,71725],"class_list":["post-2548421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-national-security-2","tag-tech-policy","tag-tiktok","tag-trump-backed-investors","tag-us-operations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26023052378716.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2548421"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2548425,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548421\/revisions\/2548425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2548422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2548421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2548421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2548421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}