Rank #1471
Bom Kim
Net worth $2.9B
Online retailing · United States
- Born
- Oct 01, 1978
- Age
- 47
- Source
- Online retailing
- Residence
- Seoul
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 1
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Bom Kim is the founder of South Korean internet giant Coupang, which went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021 and is now headquartered in Seattle.
- Mimicking U.S.-based Amazon, Coupang is disrupting South Korea's online retail space by slashing prices and investing heavily in swift deliveries.
- In 2018, it raised $2 billion from SoftBank's Vision Fund at a $9 billion valuation, making it Korea's most valuable privately-held startup.
- The 2021 IPO of Coupang was the biggest U.S. listing of an Asian company since Alibaba in 2014.
- Kim worked at Boston Consulting Group before founding Vintage Media Company, which he sold in 2009. He started Coupang the next year.
- Kim is a graduate of Harvard University; He later attended Harvard Business School but dropped out after only six months.
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