Kwon Hyuk-Bin (Korean: 권혁빈) is a South Korean businessman, investor, and philanthropist. A billionaire who co-founded South Korea's third largest gaming company, Smilegate, which is the maker of the popular Crossfire games. Crossfire has gone on to become the most popular first-person shooter game in history. He owns 100% of Smilegate Holdings, which he founded in 2002.[1]
Kwon Hyuk-Bin | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Alma mater | Sogang University (BEng.) |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, investor, philanthropist |
| Title | Founder and Chairman of Smilegate Holdings. |
Education and career
editKwon holds an electrical engineering degree from Sogang University. After a failed education startup, 4Csof, Kwon turned down a software engineering position at Samsung to pursue his goal of developing video games. He partnered with Tencent to break into the Chinese high-technology market.[1][2][3]
Philanthropy
editKwon has been involved in starting Orange Farm, South Korea's largest private incubator and has donated over $5 million to building schools in Vietnam and China.[1] He has also contributed over $2 million to his alma mater at Sogang University.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Chung, Grace. "Online Hit Game CrossFire Mints South Korea's Richest Self-Made Billionaire".
- ^ "THE INVESTOR". www.theinvestor.co.kr.
- ^ "[Super Rich] Seven numbers to explain self-made billionaire owner of Smilegate". 22 December 2016.
- ^ < "Bio". wealthx.com.