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ProPublica: TikTok Investor Jeff Yass Sidestepped $1B in Taxes

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Mar 01, 2026
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Jeffrey Yass - InfluenceWatch

A low-profile Wall Street billionaire is back in the spotlight after ProPublica reported Jeff Yass, an early TikTok (ByteDance) investor, avoided paying “at least $1 billion” in federal income taxes over six years.

The tension is that Susquehanna International Group’s core business is high-speed trading, which typically generates short-term gains taxed a…

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