Michael Kim (businessman)

Michael Kim
BornOctober 1963 (age 61)
Jinhae, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Other namesMichael ByungJu Kim
CitizenshipUnited States[1]
EducationHaverford College
Harvard Business School (MBA)
Occupation(s)Founder, MBK Partners, Philanthropist
SpousePark Kyung-ah
Children2
Korean name
Hangul
김병주
Hanja
金秉奏[2]
Revised RomanizationGim Byeongju
McCune–ReischauerKim Pyŏngju

Michael ByungJu Kim (born 1963) is an American billionaire businessman of South Korean origin.[3] He is the founder and chairman of MBK Partners, a private equity firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. He has been called the "Godfather of Asian private equity".[4]

Kim chairs the Board of Managers of Haverford College.[5][non-primary source needed] He has been named one of Bloomburg Markets' 50 most influential people[6] in the business and Forbes Asia’s Heroes of Philanthropy.[7] According to Forbes, Kim had a net wealth of $9.7 billion[8] as of April 2023, ranking him the richest person in Korea and #190 in the world.

  1. ^ "Forbes profile: Michael Kim". Forbes. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ^ "美금융업체 칼라일그룹 한국에 10억弗투자 추진". Munhwa Ilbo. 29 May 1999. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  3. ^ Lee, Yoolim; Chan, Cathy. "Korea's Michael Kim Leads Buyout Surge as Foreign Firms Return". Bloomberg News.
  4. ^ Horne, Jackie. "Michael Kim: Godfather of Asian private equity". FinanceAsia.
  5. ^ "Office of the President: Board of Managers". Haverford College. Haverford College. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Power, Money, and Ideas: Bloomberg Markets 50 Most Influential People". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  7. ^ Watson, Rana Wehbe. "Asia's 2022 Heroes Of Philanthropy". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  8. ^ Kang, John. "Korea's 50 Richest 2023: Combined Wealth Falls For The Second Year, Private Equity Billionaire Michael Kim Tops Rankings". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-14.