Kevin Mayer

Kevin A. 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 earned a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master of science in electrical engineering from San Diego State University, as well as an MBA from Harvard Business School. 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.