Michael Kim
Seoul, South Korea
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Haverford College | Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
South Korea
MBK Partners
Investment, Self Made
$1,500,000,000
2057
#23 Korea's 50 Richest 2019
#2057 Billionaires 2019
Michael Kim helped start MBK Partners, the private-equity firm that bears his initials and manages more than $16 billion in assets. His ING Insurance Korea, which went public in 2017, was the first company wholly owned by a private equity firm to list on the Korean exchange. In September 2016 his firm's $6.1 billion takeover of Tesco's Korean operation, Homeplus, marked the country's biggest private-equity deal to date.
He is married to Park Kyung-Ah, daughter of the late Prime Minister Park Tae-Joon who was part of the inner circle of former President Park Chung-Hee.Kim is a former executive of Caryle Group, where he led Asia operations for six years. He cofounded MBK in 2005 with five executives from Carlyle.
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