Rank #1322
Byunghoon Kim
Net worth $3.2B
Beauty devices · South Korea
- Born
- Nov 01, 1988
- Age
- 37
- Source
- Beauty devices
- Residence
- Seoul
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Marital status
- Single
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Byunghoon Kim is cofounder and CEO of South Korean beauty-device maker APR, which stands for Advance People's Real life.
- He cofounded APR in 2014 with Lee Ju-kwang, who left the company in 2019.
- APR's devices use electrical stimulation to help the skin better absorb skincare products. It got a boost when American model Hailey Bieber said she uses APR in a TikTok video in 2023.
- APR went public in 2024, raising $71 million.
- Investors that backed APR before its IPO include CJ Onstyle, Lotte Ventures and state-owned Industrial Bank of Korea.
- Kim and Lee were featured on Forbes's 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2017.
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