# Kartoon Weiss, the lead exec for TikTok's North American ads business, is exiting the company.

*business · news · 2026-04-07 · Business Insider*

## Key points

- Khartoon Weiss, TikTok's North American ads lead, is leaving after nearly six years.
- Multiple senior advertising and marketing executives have exited TikTok in recent months.
- Control of North American teams has increasingly shifted to leaders based in Singapore or China.
- TikTok's US advertising and marketing teams remain under ByteDance despite the new US joint venture.

**Companies:** ByteDance, Oracle
**Countries:** United States, China, Singapore

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