Media: former Activision Blizzard head Bobby Kotick wants to buy TikTok

It seems Bobby Kotick is not bored after wrapping up his career at Activision Blizzard and is making big plans

Former Activision Blizzard head Bobby Kotick may have set his sights on TikTok. Sources of Forbes reporters revealed his plans.

Bobby Kotick is reportedly looking to buy TikTok from Chinese company ByteDance. Pulling off such a deal alone is not feasible for him — the value of the potential deal is estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars, meaning Bobby will need help from other investors in this endeavor.

Therefore, as reported, Bobby Kotick is currently looking for partners who could assist with the acquisition. He reportedly held talks with Sam Altman from OpenAI.

Passions are running high around TikTok right now, as there is a possibility that it could be banned in the US, as Interfax explained:

“The bill [‘Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act’] will force Chinese company ByteDance (which owns the social network) to divest the short-form video app TikTok, or the platform may end up banned in the US.”