Portrait of Lee Seung-gun

Rank #3110

Lee Seung-gun

Net worth $1.0B

Fintech · South Korea

Born
Jan 30, 1982
Age
44
Source
Fintech
Residence
Seoul
Citizenship
South Korea
Marital status
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Science, Seoul National University; Doctorate, Seoul National University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Lee Seung-gun is the founder and CEO of Viva Republica, which operates the Korean finance app Toss.
  • In 2021, Viva Republica raised more than $400 million in a financing round that valued the company at over $7 billion.
  • Viva Republica's investors include PayPal, Singapore sovereign-wealth fund GIC and venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins.
  • Before starting Viva Republica in 2013, Lee was a dentist at a hospital affiliated with the Samsung Group.