Profil Financier
Michael Kim occupe actuellement le rang #516 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur finance & investissement). Fortune nette estimée : $7.7 B (-$373 sur 24h).
Michael Kim cofounded MBK Partners, the Seoul-based private equity firm that bears his initials and manages more than $33 billion in assets.
His ING Insurance Korea, which went public in 2017, was the first company wholly owned by a private equity firm to list on the Korean exchange.
In 2015 his firm's $6.1 billion takeover of Tesco's Korean operation, Homeplus, marked the country's biggest private-equity deal to date.
In 2025, MBK and Homeplus were accused of issuing bonds of the portfolio company while anticipating a credit downgrade; MBK has denied the allegation and the case is ongoing.
Kim was born in South Korea and was educated in the U.S. from preparatory school onward; he obtained U.S. citizenship along the way.
Kim is married to Park Kyung-ah, daughter of the late Park Tae-joon, a former prime minister and founder of the steel giant Posco.
In 2020, he published his first novel, "Offerings," which traces the life of an investment banker amid the 1997 Asian financial crisis.