McCourt wants to build a decentralized version of the internet where individual users, rather than tech companies, own the reams of data spawned by their online lives.

President Donald Trump said late Monday he hoped there would be a “bidding war” for TikTok, claiming Microsoft is now among the companies interested in buying ByteDance’s popular social ...

U.S. businessman Frank McCourt is open to teaming up with other ... The issue here is waiting for (TikTok parent) ByteDance, or the Chinese government to make a decision about the future of ...

TikTok is a huge part of American online culture, with millions of users consuming, posting and sharing content every day. But the app’s future in the U.S. is uncertain. If its parent company, ByteDance, doesn’t agree to a sale, TikTok faces a nationwide ban following the passage of a national security law in April.

The popular platform could be banned on Jan. 19 under a federal law, while many parties have expressed interest in buying the asset.

The billionaire declined to share details on his sources of financing, but said private equity firms and family offices have reached out.

Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary recently updated his followers about his offer of $20 billion to buy TikTok.

At once, Frank McCourt, wearing a dramatic long Irish coat and an Afghan hat, addressed the bar: “Are any of my ex-wives here?” His two ex-wives were nowhere to be seen, but his future wife ...

Frank McCourt is open to partnerships for acquiring TikTok's U.S. operations, prioritizing control over finances. He plans to migrate users to Project Liberty's platform. McCourt's bid, amidst U.S. government's TikTok scrutiny and judicial actions,

U.S. businessman Frank McCourt is open to teaming up with other buyers on a bid to take over the U.S. operations of TikTok as long as he can maintain control of the asset, he told Reuters at the Davos event on Thursday.

President Donald Trump told reporters Saturday, "Numerous people are talking to me, very substantial people, about buying" TikTok.

Billionaire Frank McCourt says he is open to others joining his bid for U.S. TikTok::"If, as things evolve, there are other financial arrangements, we don't need to own 100 percent of TikTok." // “We met with a number of elected officials on both the House and the Senate side and on both sides of the aisle to just get the pulse of what people are thinking.