Lee Hae-jin
$1.5B
Born
Jun 22, 1967
Age
58
Source of Wealth
Internet
Residence
Seoul,
Citizenship
South Korea
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
Master of Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Seoul National University
- Lee Hae-jin is a cofounder of Naver, South Korea's No. 1 search engine.
- In 2018, he stepped down from Naver's board but remained its global investment officer, focusing on the company's expansion.
- In 2021, Naver and SoftBank agreed to a joint venture, taking control of their respective subsidiaries Line and Yahoo Japan.
- In March 2025, seven years after he stepped down from the position, Lee returned as Naver's chairman to drive the company's AI business.
- He started Naver while working at Samsung SDS in the late 1990s.
- In 2016 his messaging app, Line, went public and raised $1 billion during its dual listing in New York and Tokyo.
- Lee's son, Seung-joo, is a singer-songwriter and producer, who goes by the stage name Loren (stylized as LØREN).
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