Bom Kim

Bom Kim amassed a fortune at Coupang Inc., the Amazon of South Korea, that reached as much as $8.9 billion, and became the poster child of a new kind of wealth generation in the country.

While Harvard is considered to be one of the best universities in the world and boasts of a galaxy of famous alumni, the Ivy League school has also produced some of the world's most well-known dropouts.

Bom Kim sold his first venture fresh out of college. Fast forward two decades, and the serial entrepreneur is joining the ranks of the world's richest with the listing of his Coupang Inc.

Bom Kim amassed a fortune at Coupang Inc., the Amazon of South Korea, that reached as much as $8.9 billion, and became the poster child of a new kind of wealth generation in the country.

While Harvard is considered to be one of the best universities in the world and boasts of a galaxy of famous alumni, the Ivy League school has also produced some of the world's most well-known dropouts.

Bom Kim sold his first venture fresh out of college. Fast forward two decades, and the serial entrepreneur is joining the ranks of the world's richest with the listing of his Coupang Inc.