Bom Kim
Coupang
$4.38B
as of 10/04/24
About Bom Kim
Bom Kim is the founder of South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang, which went public on the New York Stock Exchange in March 2021.
Mimicking U.S.-based Amazon, Coupang is disrupting South Korea's online retail space by slashing prices and investing heavily in swift deliveries.
In November 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 March 2021 IPO of Coupang was the biggest U.S. listing of an Asian company since Alibaba in 2014; Bom owns a roughly 10% stake.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Online retailingResidence
Seoul , South KoreaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
10/01/78 (age 46)Number of children
1Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard UniversitySelf-made
self-madeBom Kim’s fortune is worth
73K
troy ounces of gold
67K
median U.S. household
44K
median U.S. income
0.088%
U.S. credit card volume
0.018%
GDP of the United States
0.013%
United States debt
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Kim worked at Boston Consulting Group before founding Vintage Media Company, which he sold in 2009. He started Coupang the next year.
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