Lee Hae-jin
Lee Hae-jin | |
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이해진 | |
| Born | June 22, 1967 Seoul, South Korea |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Organization | Naver Corporation |
| Known for | Founding Naver Corporation |
| Children | 2, including Seung-joo |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이해진 |
| Hanja | 李海珍 |
| Revised Romanization | I Haejin |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Haechin |
Lee Hae-jin (Korean: 이해진; Hanja: 李海珍; RR: I Haejin; born 22 June 1967) is a South Korean businessman known for founding Naver Corporation, where he currently serves as the Global Investment Officer.
Early life and education
[edit]Lee was born on June 22, 1967, in Seoul, South Korea. Lee received his bachelor's degree in computer science from Seoul National University and earned a master's degree from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.[1]
Career
[edit]Lee started his career at Samsung SDS, the system integration arm of Samsung, in 1992. Kim Beom-soo, who later founded Kakao, also began his career at Samsung SDS alongside Lee. In 1997, Lee and three of his junior colleagues founded Web Glider, the predecessor of Naver, as an in-house venture of Samsung SDS. Lee left Samsung SDS in 1999 to incorporate Naver.com.[2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dolan, Kerry (December 9, 2013). "Popular Free Messaging Service 'Line' Mints New Korean Billionaire". Forbes.
- ^ Lee, Se Young; Lee, Joyce (July 7, 2014). "After beating Google, Korea's Naver goes global with messaging app Line". Reuters.
- ^ Kim, Ji-hyun (June 28, 2016). "[DECODED: NAVER] The brains behind Naver's dizzying success". The Korea Herald.
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