{"id":942315,"date":"2026-03-05T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/webtoon-entertainment-elevates-yongsoo-kim-to-president-to-accelerate-global-growth-and-execution\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:00:59","slug":"webtoon-entertainment-elevates-yongsoo-kim-to-president-to-accelerate-global-growth-and-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/webtoon-entertainment-elevates-yongsoo-kim-to-president-to-accelerate-global-growth-and-execution\/","title":{"rendered":"WEBTOON Entertainment Elevates Yongsoo Kim to President to Accelerate Global Growth and Execution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }\n.bwlistdisc { list-style-type: disc }\n.bwuline { text-decoration: underline }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>WEBTOON Entertainment Elevates Yongsoo Kim to President to Accelerate Global Growth and Execution<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\nKim will focus on accelerating innovation, growth, and execution to drive global expansion<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nKim also joins the Board of Directors<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LOS ANGELES&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nWEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: WBTN) today announced that Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global WEBTOON Yongsoo Kim has been named President to lead global operations and drive the company\u2019s next phase of growth. He will focus on accelerating execution and driving innovation to reignite growth momentum across WEBTOON Entertainment\u2019s global business.<\/p>\n<p id=\"news-body-cta\">This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260305316805\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260305316805\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"bwbodyimg\" style=\"width: 360px;float:left;padding-left:0px;padding-right:20px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260305316805\/en\/2738397\/4\/Yongsoo_Kim_Pres_WEBTOONEnter.jpg\" alt=\"Yongsoo Kim, President, WEBTOON Entertainment (Photo Courtesy of WEBTOON Entertainment)\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:85%\">Yongsoo Kim, President, WEBTOON Entertainment (Photo Courtesy of WEBTOON Entertainment)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nKim has also been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of WEBTOON Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>\nUnder this new organizational structure, WEBTOON Entertainment leadership will report to the President, who will report to Founder &amp; CEO Junkoo Kim.<\/p>\n<p>\nSince joining WEBTOON Entertainment in late 2022, President Yongsoo Kim has strengthened the company\u2019s financial foundation and played a leading role in its successful IPO in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\nAs CSO, Kim drove global strategic initiatives to accelerate growth and deepen global integration, most notably leading the company\u2019s collaboration with The Walt Disney Company in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\nFollowing the company\u2019s IPO in 2024, Kim took on the role of Head of Global WEBTOON, overseeing growth across the U.S. and other key international markets outside of Korea and Japan. In this role, he led significant transformation efforts spanning product strategy, organizational structure, and corporate culture. He drove a strategic transformation of WEBTOON Entertainment\u2019s U.S. operations, launching new growth and engagement initiatives, and strengthened the integration of its entertainment business, WEBTOON Productions (formerly Wattpad WEBTOON Studios).<\/p>\n<p>\nUnder his leadership, the company introduced Video Episodes, expanded Creator programs to enhance the company\u2019s Creator-driven flywheel, and delivered measurable improvements in user engagement and platform performance.<\/p>\n<p>\nFounder &amp; CEO Junkoo Kim said, \u201cYongsoo has demonstrated exceptional leadership, combining innovation with operational discipline and a proven ability to translate strategy into measurable results. As CSO and Head of Global WEBTOON, he strengthened our U.S. and international operations, building a culture of innovation and performance. Yongsoo\u2019s elevation to President reinforces our commitment to disciplined execution as we scale globally, boldly innovating while staying focused on our long-term vision to be the world&#8217;s storytelling technology platform, empowering creation by anyone, for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nWith this leadership evolution, Founder &amp; CEO Junkoo Kim will focus on long-term strategy and vision, President Yongsoo Kim will lead global operations and execution, and CFO &amp; COO David Lee will continue in his leadership role.<\/p>\n<p>\nPrior to WEBTOON Entertainment, Yongsoo Kim was a Principal at KKR, where he led value creation initiatives across portfolio companies and worked on investment activities in Korea. Earlier in his career, Kim was part of the founding team of Tesla\u2019s Korea operations and served as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey &amp; Company. Kim serves as a director at LD Carbon and previously served as a director at ECORBIT (formerly TSK Corporation) and as an auditor at HD Hyundai Marine Solution. Kim holds a Bachelor of Business Administration at Yonsei University.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"bwuline\">About WEBTOON Entertainment<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nWEBTOON Entertainment is a leading global entertainment company and home to some of the world&#8217;s largest storytelling platforms. As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON Entertainment has transformed comics and visual storytelling for fans and creators.<\/p>\n<p>\nWith its CANVAS UGC platform empowering anyone to become a creator, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators and series, WEBTOON Entertainment\u2019s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. WEBTOON Entertainment adaptations are available on Netflix, Prime Video, Crunchyroll, and other screens around the world, and the company\u2019s content partners include Discord, HYBE, and DC Comics, among many others.<\/p>\n<p>\nWith approximately 160 million monthly active users, WEBTOON Entertainment\u2019s IP &amp; Creator Ecosystem of aligned brands and platforms include WEBTOON, Wattpad&#8211;the world\u2019s leading webnovel platform&#8211;WEBTOON Productions, Studio N, Studio LICO, WEBTOON Unscrolled, LINE MANGA, and eBookJapan, among others.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20260305316805r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" style=\"width:0;height:0\" \/><span class=\"bwct31415\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\"><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span><span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260305316805\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260305316805\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Press Contact:<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>Kiel Hume<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:kiel@webtoon.com\">kiel@webtoon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> California United States North America Canada<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Software Media Online Entertainment Mobile Entertainment Film &amp; Motion Pictures Books Technology General Entertainment Publishing TV and Radio Marketing Communications<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>Photo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260305316805\/en\/2738397\/3\/Yongsoo_Kim_Pres_WEBTOONEnter.jpg\" alt=\"Photo\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Yongsoo Kim, President, WEBTOON Entertainment (Photo Courtesy of WEBTOON Entertainment)<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>Logo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260305316805\/en\/2738395\/3\/Webtoon_Logo_Green-01.jpg\" alt=\"Logo\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEBTOON Entertainment Elevates Yongsoo Kim to President to Accelerate Global Growth and Execution Kim will focus on accelerating innovation, growth, and execution to drive global expansion Kim also joins the Board of Directors LOS ANGELES&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: WBTN) today announced that Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global WEBTOON Yongsoo Kim has been named President to lead global operations and drive the company\u2019s next phase of growth. He will focus on accelerating execution and driving innovation to reignite growth momentum across WEBTOON Entertainment\u2019s global business. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260305316805\/en\/ Yongsoo Kim, President, WEBTOON Entertainment (Photo Courtesy of WEBTOON Entertainment) Kim has also been appointed as a member of the Board &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/webtoon-entertainment-elevates-yongsoo-kim-to-president-to-accelerate-global-growth-and-execution\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WEBTOON Entertainment Elevates Yongsoo Kim to President to Accelerate Global Growth and Execution&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-942315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WEBTOON Entertainment Elevates Yongsoo Kim to President to Accelerate Global Growth and Execution - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/webtoon-entertainment-elevates-yongsoo-kim-to-president-to-accelerate-global-growth-and-execution\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WEBTOON Entertainment Elevates Yongsoo Kim to President to Accelerate Global Growth and Execution - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WEBTOON Entertainment Elevates Yongsoo Kim to President to Accelerate Global Growth and Execution Kim will focus on accelerating innovation, growth, and execution to drive global expansion Kim also joins the Board of Directors LOS ANGELES&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. 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