Kakao Entertainment

Kakao Entertainment Corp.
Native name
주식회사 카카오엔터테인먼트
Company typePrivate subsidiary
Industry
Predecessor (as separate companies)
FoundedMarch 2, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-02)[1]
HeadquartersSeongnam, Gyeonggi-do,
South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Joseph Chang(CEO) Gisu Kwon(CEO)
Products
Services
Owner
  • Kakao (63.50%)
  • Podo Asia B.V. (15.33%)
  • Joy Lee (0.96%)
  • Others (20.21%)
ParentKakao
Divisions
  • Page Company
  • M Company
Subsidiariessee list
WebsiteKakaoEnt.com

Kakao Entertainment Corp. (Korean주식회사 카카오엔터테인먼트; stylized as kakao ENTERTAINMENT) is a South Korean entertainment, mass media, and publishing company founded in 2021.[2] A subsidiary of the Internet company Kakao, it was established subsequent to the merger of the latter's two subsidiaries KakaoPage and Kakao M.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Kakao Entertainment". Kakao Entertainment Corp. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "주식회사 카카오엔터테인먼트". kakaoent.com (in Korean). Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  3. ^ Song, Kyoung-son (March 4, 2021). "Kakao M and Kakao Page merged into Kakao Entertainment". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  4. ^ Park, Sae-jin (January 25, 2021). "Kakao units merged into entertainment company targeting global market". Aju Business Daily. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  5. ^ Leesa-Nguansuk, Suchit (January 26, 2021). "South Korea's Kakao affiliates to merge". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2021.