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Join us as Seung-yoon Lee, CEO, and Co-Founder of Radish Fiction, shares “lessons learned” from his years of experience in media innovation. Before taking on his current position as the Global Strategy Officer at Kakao Entertainment, he founded Radish Fiction, serialized fiction app bringing curated premium, and original stories to readers everywhere, and Byline, the world's leading crowdfunded journalism platform. Seung-yoon was also recognized as one of the inaugural members of Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia.

Next-generation entrepreneurs, fiction lovers, members, and friends of The Korea Society and Korea Finance Society are all invited to this discussion moderated by Mark Kim from the Korea Finance Society. Following the COVID-19 health and safety guidelines, we will have limited in-person capacity. The registration for in-person attendance will be first-come, first-served basis. The session will be live-streamed for those who cannot attend in person or prefer to participate virtually.

The Korea Society is excited to present this session of the Young Professionals’ Network series in partnership with the Korea Finance Society (KFS). KFS seeks to build a community to promote the advancement of Korean and Korean-American financial professionals in the United States through networking, education, and mentorship. We are dedicated to providing a platform for sharing expertise among Korean financial professionals, as well as educational and career programs for young Korean financial professionals and college students to maximize their opportunities for career success. 

This program is made possible by the support from Yang Won Sun Foundation.

Young Professionals’ Network
Lessons Learned with CEO & Co-Founder of Radish Fiction Seung Yoon Lee

Friday, November 12, 2021 | 6 PM (EST)

The Korea Society
350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Seung-yoon Lee Global Strategy Officer, Kakao Entertainment Co-founder & CEO, Radish Fiction

Seung-yoon Lee serves as the Global Strategy Officer at Kakao Entertainment. He oversees the firm's global strategy, investment activities, and M & A opportunities. Kakao Entertainment which consists of Kakao Page, Kakao M, and Melon has a unique business portfolio that encompasses all verticals of the entertainment industry. This includes a specialized value chain optimized to produce original content such as webtoons and web novels, a vast global platform network, and unrivaled expertise in creating music, TV series, films, performances. He is also the CEO and Founder of Radish. The app is a mobile fiction platform for serialized storytelling, offering the literary equivalent of the addictive TV drama series. Radish produces Radish Originals, serials in a variety of genres designed specifically for its mobile platform and written by a talented team of Emmy Award-winning soap writers, authors, and Radish’s Content Team creators. Some of Radish Originals have netted more than $6mil in revenue and have attracted more than 300 million reads. Radish recently got acquired for $440M by Kakao Entertainment and raised nearly $70M from Softbank, Bertlesmann, and UTA beforehand. For his work in media innovation, Seung-yoon was recognized as one of the inaugural members of Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia. Before launching Radish, Seung-yoon has also built Byline, the world's leading crowdfunded journalism platform. He served as the first East Asian President of the Oxford Union, the world’s famous debating society. During his term, he hosted PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, Martti Ahtisaari. He also launched the Union’s own Youtube Channel that opened up its key speaker events to the wider public.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR:

Mark Kim Anchorage Capital Group

Mark Kim is a vice president at Anchorage Capital Group, where he focuses on liquid credit investing. Before joining Anchorage, he worked at TPG Sixth Street Partners in a similar role. He started his career in the investment banking area at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York. Mark is a graduate of Columbia University, where he received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics.