SM Entertainment Co.,Ltd. is a South Korean multinational entertainment agency established in 1995 by Lee Soo-man. It is one of South Korea's largest entertainment companies and has been responsible for fostering and popularizing the careers of many K-pop stars garnering huge global fanbases. The company operates as a record label,talent agency,music production company,event management and concert production company,and music publishing house. SM Entertainment is known for having led the worldwide K-pop phenomenon and the musical side of "Hallyu",also known as the "Korean Wave",with early overseas successes such as H.O.T.,S.E.S.,and BoA.
The Leonard N. Stern School of Business is the business school of New York University,a private research university based in New York City. Founded as the School of Commerce,Accounts and Finance in 1900,the school received its current name in 1988.
Kakao M was a South Korean entertainment company established by Min Yeong-bin in 1978. It was one of the largest co-publisher companies in South Korea. The company operated as a record label,talent agency,music production company,event management,concert production company,and music publishing house.
Yong Jun-hyung,known mononymously as Junhyung,is a South Korean singer-songwriter,record producer and actor. Junhyung rose to fame as a member of South Korean boy band Highlight,formed in 2009. He departed from Highlight in 2019,amidst a controversy where he admitted to having watched a video of singer Jung Joon-young making out with a woman,which was filmed with consent but shared without.
KakaoTalk (Korean: 카카오톡),commonly referred to as KaTalk (Korean: 카톡) in South Korea,is an instant messenger and online services platform operated by Kakao Corporation. It was launched in 2010 and the app is available on mobile and desktop platforms.
Park Mi-sun is a South Korean comedian and TV host of variety shows,notably Quiz to Change the World,Happy Together - Season 3,and We Got Married. In 1988,She made her official debut with a gold prize in the 2nd MBC TV Gag Contest. In October 1991,She moved to SBS when SBS was launched. She married Lee Bong-won,who moved to SBS at the same time. She expanded her field of activity to KBS after she declared her freelance in September 1994. She also starred in the sitcoms Soonpoong Clinic,Hilarious Housewives,and All My Love.
Maeil Broadcasting Network,Inc. (MBN) is a South Korean cable TV network operated by the Maeil Business Newspaper.
Anindya Ghose is an Indian-born American academic,and the Heinz Riehl Chair Professor of Business at New York University's Stern School of Business and the director of the Masters of Business Analytics &AI program at NYU Stern. He is the author of TAP:Unlocking The Mobile Economy which is a double winner in the 2018 Axiom Business Book Awards and has been translated into five languages. He is a Leonard Stern Faculty Scholar with an MBA scholarship named after him. He has been a visiting professor at the Wharton School of Business. In 2014 he was named by the blog Poets and Quants as one of the "Top 40 Professors Under 40 Worldwide" and by Analytics Week as one of the "Top 200 Thought Leaders in Big Data and Business Analytics". In 2017 he was recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the Top 30 Management Thinkers globally most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led in the next generation. Thinkers50 also bestowed the Distinguished Achievement Award Nomination for 'Digital Thinking' in 2017. In 2019,he was recognized by Web of Science citation Index in the top 1% of researchers selected for their significant influence in their fields over a 10-year period (2008-2018). He is a recipient of the prestigious INFORMS ISS Distinguished Fellow Award,given to recognize individuals who (i) have made outstanding intellectual contributions to the discipline with publications that have made a significant impact on theory,research,and practice and (ii) intellectual stewardship of the field as reflected in the mentoring of doctoral students and young researchers. His rise from assistant to full professor in 8.5 years at NYU Stern is widely regarded as one of the fastest in the history of the entire Information Systems,operations and Marketing academic disciplines in business schools globally.
Lee Won-geun is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut in the 2012 popular historical television drama Moon Embracing the Sun (2012) and is best known for starring in the high school drama Cheer Up! (2015) and One the Woman (2021),as well as the film Misbehavior (2017).
Formation 8 was an American venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Joe Lonsdale,Jim Kim,and Brian Koo. The company was headquartered in San Francisco,California.
Heo Kyung-hwan,is a South Korean comedian. He debuted as a comedian on Gag Concert,and is best known for his acts 'Four Men','Seoul Mate',and 'Dignity of a Beggar'. He is also known for the shows The Human Condition and Mamma Mia. It was revealed that he signed a contract with Cube Entertainment on 4 February 2016. In February 2022,Heo signed with Think Entertainment.
Kakao Corporation is a South Korean Internet conglomerate headquartered in Jeju City. It was formed through the merger of Daum Communications and the original Kakao Inc in 2010. The company was renamed Daum Kakao in 2014. In 2015 it was rebranded once more,reverting simply to Kakao.
Kim Jun-ho,also known as Charlie Kim,is a South Korean comedian,singer and television personality. He has starred in Gag Concert since 1999 and was a member of the variety show 2 Days &1 Night from 2013 to 2019. He has also been the executive chairman of Busan International Comedy Festival since its conception in 2013.
IST Entertainment (Korean: 아이에스티엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean entertainment company under Kakao Entertainment.
Park Ji-hoon is a South Korean singer and actor. He was initially active as a child actor and advertisement model. Park rose to fame in early 2017 as the second-place winner of the second season of the reality competition series Produce 101. He is a former member of the show's resulting boy group Wanna One and has since been active as a solo artist and an actor.
Studio Dragon Corporation is a South Korean drama production,marketing and distribution company under CJ ENM Entertainment Division. It was established on May 3,2016,as a spin-off from E&M's drama division. In 2018,Studio Dragon became a subsidiary of CJ ENM after their previous parent company,CJ E&M,was merged into CJ ENM.
Kakao GamesCorp. is a South Korean video game publisher and a subsidiary of Kakao. It specializes in developing and publishing games on PC,mobile,and VR platforms. Each is represented by Namgoong Hoon and Cho Gye-hyun.
The World Knowledge Forum is a an international non-governmental organization,which aims to promote balanced global growth and prosperity through knowledge-sharing. Its efforts "brings together global leaders to address the importance of knowledge in meeting the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing world".
Graceful Family is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Im Soo-hyang,Lee Jang-woo,and Bae Jong-ok. It aired on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 23:00 (KST) of MBN and Dramax from August 21 to October 17,2019.
Kakao Entertainment Corp. is a South Korean entertainment,mass media,and publishing company founded in 2021. A subsidiary of the Internet company Kakao,it was established subsequent to the merger of the latter's two subsidiaries KakaoPage and Kakao M.
