Trump Administration’s $14B TikTok Valuation Stirs Market Debate
The TRUMP administration's $14 billion valuation of TikTok's U.S. operations has sent shockwaves through investment circles, falling far below earlier $40 billion estimates. Vice President JD Vance cited the figure as Oracle and Silver Lake negotiate to acquire the ByteDance-owned platform—a deal some view as a potential bargain.
Ashwin Binwani of Alpha Binwani Capital calls it possibly "the most undervalued tech acquisition of the decade," arguing TikTok's 170 million U.S. users and $10 billion annual revenue justify at least triple the proposed price. At 1.4x price-to-sales, TikTok trades at multiples resembling Exxon Mobil rather than high-growth tech peers.