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Khaby Lame: The King of TikTok
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The pandemic hit and Khaby Lame lost his factory job. Less than three years later, he was the world’s most-followed person on TikTok. Khaby Lame has turned his silent online persona and trademark shrug into a global comedy empire. In early 2026, a deal for his company valued his fortune at billions. So how did the so-called king of TikTok get to wear his crown? Journalist Zing Tseng and BBC business editor Simon Jack chart Khaby’s journey from social housing to social media megastar. But was the multi-billion-dollar deal to create an AI digital version of Khaby ever worth the paper it was written on? Good Bad Billionaire is the podcast that explores the lives of the super-rich and famous,…