Joshua Kwon
Co-Founder & Co-CEO at NextChapter Inc.
South Korea
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Top SchoolJoshua Kwon is a founder and operator with 10 years of experience scaling consumer tech and brand businesses, currently serving as Co-Founder & Co-CEO of NextChapter Inc. and a Non-Executive Director at KOSPI-listed DAELIM B&Co. He led global expansion, fundraising and M&A at mobile ad startup Buzzvil—helping close Series B/C rounds and executing cross-border acquisitions—then pivoted to build South Korea’s first brand aggregator, raising ~$21M and acquiring 10+ brands in three years. Joshua blends product-led growth, marketplace distribution know-how (Coupang/Naver focus) and AI/data-driven brand operations to convert high-quality products into market-leading consumer brands. He hires mercilessly for talent and runs a ~60-person team obsessing over repeatable acquisition and scaling playbooks. A Seoul National University graduate now studying venture-focused MBA work, he pairs operator grit with strategic investor relations across domestic and Silicon Valley VCs.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Business Administration and Management General, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Business Administration and Management General at Seoul National UniversityMaster of Business Administration - MBA Venture Capital, Master of Business Administration - MBA Venture Capital at Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies (aSSIST)Summer Language Program, Summer Language Program at Beijing Normal UniversityExchange Student Business Programme Ocasional, Exchange Student Business Programme Ocasional at Cass Business School
English, Chinese, Korean, JapaneseGithub contributions (2)
Buzzvil/buzzscreen-sdk-publisher
Aug 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:28 commits, 1 PR, 28 pushes in 1 year 9 months
ohsukwon/buzzscreen-sdk-publisher
Aug 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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