Kwon Hyuk-Bin
NationalitySouth Korean
Occupation(s)Chairman, Smilegate

Kwon Hyuk-Bin (Korean: 권혁빈) is a Korean billionaire who co-founded Korea's third largest gaming company, Smilegate, 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]

Education and Career

Kwon holds an electrical engineering degree from Sogang University. After a failed education startup, 4Csof, Kwon turned down a software position at Samsung to pursue his goal of developing video games. He partnered with Tencent to break into the Chinese market.[1][2][3]

Philanthropy

Kwon 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

  1. 1 2 3 Chung, Grace. "Online Hit Game CrossFire Mints South Korea's Richest Self-Made Billionaire".
  2. ↑ "THE INVESTOR". www.theinvestor.co.kr.
  3. ↑ Herald, The Korea (22 December 2016). "[Super Rich] Seven numbers to explain self-made billionaire owner of Smilegate".
  4. ↑ < "Bio". wealthx.com.
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