Former TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer on new U.S. joint venture: I think it's a good deal - part 2/2
December 19, 2025 • 6m 30s
Andrew Ross Sorkin (Squawk Box Co-Anchor)
00:00.810
i
have
one
other
question
do
you
see
i
mean
is
it
possible
that
this
company
could
ever
get
sold
to
another
player
in
the
future
i
mean
when
you
think
about
sort
of
M
and
A
down
the
line
given
the
way
this
is
structured
Kevin Mayer (Founder & Co-CEO)
00:12.690
i
guess
it's
conceivable
you
have
a
a
bunch
of
different
owners
with
different
and
with
different
you
know
goals
in
mind
you
have
you
know
silverlake
you
have
MGX
the
abu
dhabi
private
equity
fund
you
have
oracle
which
is
obviously
a
strategic
investor
at
this
point
you
have
the
Kevin Mayer (Founder & Co-CEO)
00:27.130
thirty
thirty
percent
of
ownership
that's
still
owned
by
the
original
non
china
investors
in
byte
dancing
and
byte
dance
itself
Kevin Mayer (Founder & Co-CEO)
00:33.730
so
to
get
all
those
folks
aligned
on
the
right
vision
to
have
an
M
and
a
event
in
the
future
relatively
difficult
to
have
a
feeling
probably
going
to
operate
as
a
joint
venture
as
you
know
for
a
very
very
long
time
and
hopefully
white
dance
itself
will
go
public
as
part
as
a
Kevin Mayer (Founder & Co-CEO)
00:48.170
result
of
this
Andrew Ross Sorkin (Squawk Box Co-Anchor)
00:49.290
hey
kevin
i
know
we
gotta
we
gotta
go
but
one
last
final
question
for
you
it's
sort
of
a
curveball
warner
brothers
discovery
you're
in
the
media
business
who
do
you
think
ends
up
with
it
Kevin Mayer (Founder & Co-CEO)
01:00.170
find
to
make
a
call
is
a
must
have
for
paramount
probably
paramount
Andrew Ross Sorkin (Squawk Box Co-Anchor)
01:05.370
paramount
so
you
think
paramount
comes
back
with
a
bigger
deal
bigger
Kevin Mayer (Founder & Co-CEO)
01:08.050
offer
i
do
Arjun Kharpal (Tech Correspondent)
01:09.650
eunice
we
have
to
run
last
thing
we
should
watch
for
we've
just
got
a
few
seconds
left
Eunice Yoon (Beijing Bureau Chief)
01:13.210
ohh
i
think
that
we're
gonna
have
to
see
exactly
whether
or
not
the
chinese
government
at
the
end
of
the
day
is
going
to
really
approval
yeah
give
that
official
approval
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