TikTok acquisition activity advanced after President Trump signed an executive order to accelerate a plan for American investors to buy TikTok’s U.S. business from ByteDance, according to reports. The White House signing on September 25 was presented as aimed at ensuring the transaction meets a 2024 national security compliance framework, while Vice President Pence cited a $14 billion valuation for the asset.
Reported participants in the acquisition consortium include Michael Dell, Rupert Murdoch and major tech and private equity firms, with sources naming Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz among investors. Insiders indicate a syndicate structure in which three firms would hold roughly a 50% equity stake in the U.S. entity, with Oracle expected to support U.S. data governance and algorithm security post-close.