Kim Taek-jin

Kim Taek-jin (; born March 14, 1967 ) is a South Korean businessman and software engineer. He is co-chairman of video game developer NCSoft, the second largest video game company in the country.

He is among the richest people in South Korea. In December 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth to be US$1 billion and ranked him 32nd richest in the country.

Biography He was born on March 14, 1967 in Seoul, South Korea. He is the eldest of two sons and one daughter born to father Kim I-min and Jang Sun-rye . Byungmoo Park became co-CEO of the company in March 2024; they announced that Kim would focus on the game development and creative aspects of the company's portfolio, while Park would focus on the business aspects.

In March 2011, he founded the professional baseball team NC Dinos. He has remained the team's owner since.

Personal life He was married to a woman with the surname Jeon , with whom they had two sons, but they divorced in November 2004. He gave her stocks worth ₩30 billion upon the divorce. He remarried to Songyee Yoon in November 2007, and they had two more sons together.

In an interview, he claimed to go to bed very early (around 7 p.m.) and wake up very early (at midnight or 1 a.m.).