Kim Taek-jin
$1B
as of 01/08/25
About Kim Taek-jin
Kim Taek-jin is the founder of NCSoft, South Korea's No. 2 online game company which he founded in 1997.
He took the company public in 2003, and still serves as CEO. In March 2024, Byungmoo Park joined Kim as co-CEO; Park was previously CEO of South Korean private equity firm VIG Partners.
NCSoft now provides online game services to more than 60 countries.
He sold most of his NCSoft shares in 2012 and now holds just under 12% of the company.
An avid sports fan, Kim founded the Korean professional baseball team NC Dinos in 2011.
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South KoreaSource of wealth
Online gamesResidence
Seoul, South KoreaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
03/14/67 (age 57)Number of children
4Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Seoul National University; Master of Science, Seoul National UniversitySelf-made
self-madeKim Taek-jin’s fortune is worth
17K
troy ounces of gold
15K
median U.S. household
10K
median U.S. income
0.02%
U.S. credit card volume
0.004%
GDP of the United States
0.003%
United States debt
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He worked for Hyundai Electronics' R&D Center in Boston and later became head of a division of Hyundai Electronics that launched South Korea's first Internet access.
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