Julie Gao

Julie Gao is the Chief Financial Officer of ByteDance, where she oversees finance, corporate development, capital markets, and board and shareholder matters. Julie has been part of ByteDance's journey since its early years, having advised the company on major financings, acquisitions and corporate structure. Prior to ByteDance, Julie practiced law across the U.S. and Asia for 24 years, including as a senior partner at Skadden Arps and a member of the firm's Policy Committee.

Julie holds a J.D. from UCLA, a master's degree from the University of Alabama, and a bachelor's degree from Peking University, and completed executive education in finance at Harvard Business School. She served as an extern law clerk to a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1998, and currently serves as an independent director and audit committee member of Singapore Exchange Ltd.