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Jihoon Rim Joins NYU Stern Management and Organizations Department as a Visiting Professor of Management Practice
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Jihoon Rim, former CEO of Kakao, joined NYU Stern’s Management and Organizations Department as a Visiting Professor of Management Practice. During the 2019-2020 academic year, he served as an Executive-in-Residence for the School’s Fubon Center for Business, Technology and Innovation, while holding an appointment as an adjunct professor in the Technology, Operations, and Statistics Department teaching a course entitled, “Managing a High-Tech Company: The CEO Perspective.” Professor Rim will continue teaching the course along with other tech and entrepreneurship courses.
Prior to joining Stern, Professor Rim led Kakao, a publicly traded technology company valued at more than $15 billion in South Korea, as it expanded its business operations into finance, contents, artificial intelligence and mobility. He was distinguished as the top-ranked executive in a 2017 survey spotlighting Korea’s major CEOs. In 2017, Professor Rim was honored by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) with the AIS Leadership Award.
Earlier in his career, Professor Rim founded KCube Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, and also held positions with Softbank Ventures, The Boston Consulting Group, Naver and Accenture.
Prior to joining Stern, Professor Rim led Kakao, a publicly traded technology company valued at more than $15 billion in South Korea, as it expanded its business operations into finance, contents, artificial intelligence and mobility. He was distinguished as the top-ranked executive in a 2017 survey spotlighting Korea’s major CEOs. In 2017, Professor Rim was honored by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) with the AIS Leadership Award.
Earlier in his career, Professor Rim founded KCube Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, and also held positions with Softbank Ventures, The Boston Consulting Group, Naver and Accenture.