Rank #2744
Lee Hae-jin
Net worth $1.4B
Internet · South Korea
- Born
- Jun 22, 1967
- Age
- 58
- Source
- 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
Net worth over time
Biography
- 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 2025, he returned as chairman to drive the company's AI business.
- In 2021, Naver and SoftBank agreed to a joint venture, taking control of their respective subsidiaries Line and Yahoo Japan.
- In November 2025, Naver said its payment arm, Naver Financial, will acquire crypto exchange operator Dunamu in a stock swap that values the combined entity at $13.6 billion.
- 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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