{"id":2052372,"date":"2025-09-26T18:18:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2052372"},"modified":"2025-09-26T18:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:18:37","slug":"tiktok-us-deal-brings-abu-dhabi-royals-on-board-alongside-oracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tiktok-us-deal-brings-abu-dhabi-royals-on-board-alongside-oracle\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok US deal brings Abu Dhabi royals on board alongside Oracle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Abu Dhabi\u2019s royal family is set to secure a stake in TikTok\u2019s American operations after President Donald Trump pushed through an executive order that paved the way for a deal valuing the platform at about $14 billion.<\/p>\n

The investment will be made through MGX, a fund led by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, which is expected to acquire a 15% stake and secure a board seat once TikTok\u2019s U.S. arm is formally separated.<\/p>\n

Along with Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi\u2019s MGX are positioned to hold about 45% of TikTok\u2019s U.S. entity. In total, American firms are expected to own just over two-thirds of the business, with Trump also pointing to Michael Dell and Rupert Murdoch\u2019s Fox as part of the investor group.<\/p>\n

\u201c[TikTok U.S.] will be majority-owned and controlled by United States persons and will no longer be controlled by any foreign adversary,\u201d Trump said, as quoted by The Guardian<\/a>. \u201cWe have American investors taking it over, running it [who are] highly sophisticated, including Larry Ellison. Great investors, the biggest. They don\u2019t get bigger. This is going to be American-operated all the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ: Oracle, Dell, Fox News part of group to take over TikTok in the US under Trump\u2019s push<\/a> (

The agreement received formal sign-off Thursday night, when the President Trump issued an executive order granting a 120-day window to finalize the terms.<\/p>\n

ByteDance, TikTok\u2019s Beijing-based parent company, will continue to hold a 19.9% share in the newly structured U.S. business.<\/p>\n

Beijing has yet to formally signal its stance on the agreement, though Trump insisted he had \u201chad a good talk\u201d with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who, he said, \u201cgave us the go-ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vice President JD Vance stated TikTok U.S.\u2019s valuation at $14 billion, acknowledging, \u201cThere was some resistance on the Chinese side. But the fundamental thing that we wanted to accomplish is that we wanted to keep TikTok operating but we wanted to make sure that protected Americans\u2019 data privacy as required by law.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ: US and China to decide TikTok\u2019s fate following decision to divest its US operations<\/a> (

\u201cThis deal really does mean that Americans can use TikTok, but actually use it with more confidence than in the past. Because their data is going to be secure and it\u2019s not going to be used as a propaganda weapon against our fellow citizens,\u201d Vance added.<\/p>\n

At $14 billion, the price tag for TikTok\u2019s U.S. arm stands in sharp contrast to ByteDance\u2019s overall valuation, which analysts peg at around $330 billion<\/a>. The gap underscores how Washington\u2019s restrictions and ownership restructuring have narrowed the app\u2019s market worth. By comparison, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram commands a market value of about $1.8 trillion, highlighting the wide gulf between TikTok\u2019s carved-out U.S. unit and its rival.<\/p>\n

The future of TikTok U.S. had been in question<\/a> since April 2024, when Congress passed a law requiring ByteDance to divest the platform over privacy and national security concerns. Trump repeatedly pushed back deadlines for a sale or potential shutdown in an effort to negotiate a deal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source americanbazaaronline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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