Joseph Park (businessman)

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Joseph Park (born c. 1972) is a Korean American investment banker who founded Kozmo.com [1] in 1997. He was profiled in the documentary film e-Dreams . He was a co-founder of Askville, which was owned by Amazon.com and closed in 2013. In late June 2009, he left Amazon to work for Zondervan as president of biblegateway.com, [2] which Zondervan acquired in November 2008 from Gospel Communications International.

As of 2022, Park works for Samsung in South Korea. [3]

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References

  1. "Innovators – From the Web To Your Door". Time. September 9, 2000. Archived from the original on October 17, 2000.
  2. Engleman, Eric (September 29, 2009). "Kozmo.com founder Park leaves Amazon for Bible Gateway". TechFlash. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  3. Stone, Brad; Davalos, Jackie (24 October 2022). "The Fantasy of Instant Delivery Is Imploding". Bloomberg. Retrieved 24 October 2022.