About Eric B. Kim
Born 1954. Eric B. Kim is an American and South Korean businessperson.
Eric B. Kim (; born 1954) is a Korean American businessman in the technology field.
Life Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1954. At the age of 11, his family moved to Los Angeles, in the United States. He majored in physics at Harvey Mudd College, and went on to earn a master's in engineering at UCLA and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Kim worked for a number of companies in his early career. He was general manager of database products at software firm Lotus Development, President and CEO of Pilot Software, a part of business information provider Dun & Bradstreet, and a member of venture-capitalist firm Spencer Trask Software Group.
Kim moved back to South Korea to join Samsung Electronics in 1999, where during a tenure of five years he rose to become leader of their global marketing initiatives.
He moved back to the United States in 2004, when Intel hired him as their chief marketing officer. He remained in that role until May 2013.
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Who is Eric B. Kim?
Korean–American businessman
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Eric B. Kim was born in 1954 in Seoul.
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Eric B. Kim is a businessperson.
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Eric B. Kim is American and South Korean.
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