Jonathan Kim
San Francisco, California
Places of Origin: Seoul, Osaka, New York Life/Education/Career Path (In chronological order): Attended public and private Schools in Seoul and New York; struggled through Rutgers (financially and mentally); advocated for the needy and minorities in New York; attended a cushy business school in France; drafted by Qualcomm to herd emerging digital mobile network opportunities in Europe; founded one of the first 'mobile commerce' companies during the dotcom era (LiveMind); helped launch a 'black box' solution for mobile operators for Ericsson; led a Korean mobile Internet startup to stardom by going public on NASDAQ (eventually sold to one of the bad boys in Seattle for a bundle of cash); spent a couple of years with Crosslink Capital in SF as an EIR, ran digital business with SONY Music Entertainment in HK; and now with Samsung.