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chairman and CEO of Coupang, Inc.
Kim Bom-suk
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Last Updated on Jul 9, 2026
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chairman and CEO of Coupang, Inc.
Life Summary
Kim Bom-suk is chairman of the board and chief executive officer (CEO) of Coupang, Inc., the parent company of Coupang.
He was born in Seoul on October 7, 1978.
He moved to the United States when he was in middle school and graduated from Deerfield Academy in the U.S. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in political science and completed an MBA program at Harvard Business School.
While in college, he created the magazine ‘Current’ and sold it to Newsweek.
He began his career at Boston Consulting Group.
He founded Vintage Media Company, which published a monthly magazine targeting graduates of prestigious universities, grew it for five years, and sold it to Atlantic Media.
In 2010, he founded the social commerce company Coupang together with director Yun Seon-ju, whom he had become close to at Harvard University, and vice president Ko Jae-woo, a Harvard Business School alumnus.
He introduced an innovative service called ‘Rocket Delivery.’
With funds secured through a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), he expanded a nationwide logistics network and broadened the company’s business areas.
The personal information leak at the end of 2025 and the Personal Information Protection Commission’s record-high fine in 2026 left him with the tasks of restoring customer trust and strengthening internal controls.
In 2026, he was designated by the Fair Trade Commission as Coupang’s same person, placing him at the forefront of domestic regulatory responsibility even under a governance structure centered on the U.S. parent company.
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He was born in Seoul on October 7, 1978.
He moved to the United States when he was in middle school and graduated from Deerfield Academy in the U.S. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in political science and completed an MBA program at Harvard Business School.
While in college, he created the magazine ‘Current’ and sold it to Newsweek.
He began his career at Boston Consulting Group.
He founded Vintage Media Company, which published a monthly magazine targeting graduates of prestigious universities, grew it for five years, and sold it to Atlantic Media.
In 2010, he founded the social commerce company Coupang together with director Yun Seon-ju, whom he had become close to at Harvard University, and vice president Ko Jae-woo, a Harvard Business School alumnus.
He introduced an innovative service called ‘Rocket Delivery.’
With funds secured through a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), he expanded a nationwide logistics network and broadened the company’s business areas.
The personal information leak at the end of 2025 and the Personal Information Protection Commission’s record-high fine in 2026 left him with the tasks of restoring customer trust and strengthening internal controls.
In 2026, he was designated by the Fair Trade Commission as Coupang’s same person, placing him at the forefront of domestic regulatory responsibility even under a governance structure centered on the U.S. parent company.
#KimBom-suk #Coupang #CoupangInc #RocketDelivery #NYSE #ecommerce #logistics #personaldata #internalcontrols #FairTradeCommission