TikTok poached Amazon employees to jump-start its US business. Now it's doubling down on its Chinese roots.

Source: Business Insider

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BITikTok recruited heavily from Amazon to launch its US e-commerce business, Shop. It copied Amazon's playbook and hired former staffers to help woo sellers and craft its US strategy. After layoffs, reorgs, and exits, it's shifting power from US to Chinese leaders.