Kevin Mayer is the co-founder and co-CEO of Candle Media. He was briefly CEO of TikTok and COO of its parent company ByteDance. Before joining TikTok, he was a senior executive at Disney for more than 10+ years, including as head of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International. Mayer began working at The Walt Disney Company handling strategy and business development for Disney's Interactive/Internet and television businesses. He was later promoted to head the Disney Internet group as executive vice president.