Frank McCourt said his Project Liberty consortium, which has bid to buy TikTok, would be comfortable sharing ownership of the app so long as it's hosted on tech developed by his nonprofit.
The billionaire declined to share details on his sources of financing, but said private equity firms and family offices have reached out.
Frank McCourt has expressed a willingness to retain TikTok's existing investors in the deal to acquire its U.S. operations from ByteDance. The bid, valued at $20 billion, includes contingencies to ...
Frank McCourt’s Project Liberty and other investors have submitted a bid to buy TikTok from China-based ByteDance after a court-ordered divestiture or shutdown.