Name
Kenny Park
Kenny Park
Seoul, South Korea
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yonsei University
South Korea
handbag manufacturing, Self Made
$1,000,000,000
2057
#2057 Billionaires 2019
#36 Korea's 50 Richest 2018
Kenny Park, who also goes by Park Eun-Kwan, is the founder and chief executive of Simone Accessory, a manufacturer of handbags and other accessories.Simone's customers include Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Kate Spade, Coach, Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang, Versus Versace and AllSaints.With factories in Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and China, Simone produces some 30 million handbags and small leather goods every year. After graduating from Yonsei University, Park joined his father's fishing company before landing a job at handbag manufacturer Chungsan and eventually striking out on his own in 1987.Park's daughter, Joowon, heads subsidiary Simone Fashion Co., which runs stores for German designer Karl Lagerfeld and Simone's own brand 0914.
Simone is named after Park's wife's nickname; His label 0914 is the day in 1984 when Park and his college sweetheart, now his wife, reunited in a cafe.Park's Simone Handbag Museum in Seoul features a gallery of 350 accessories. It is housed in a building shaped like a handbag.
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