Ted Kim serves as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of K Wave. Mr. Kim founded Global Fund LLC, a US-based private equity firm and has been serving as its Managing Partner ever since. Global Fund LLC is also the managing member of Tribeca Global SPAC Fund I, III, and IV LLC.
Mr. Kim has successfully launched and closed multiple U.S.-based private equity funds. Mr. Kim has also been a member of the Korea-America Business Summit, Washington D.C., since 2019. He co-founded Global Star Acquisition I LLC, the sponsoring entity for the US Nasdaq listed SPAC “Global Star Acquisition Inc.”, and served as its Managing Member. He also co-founded K Enter Holdings Inc. Mr. Kim is also an Attorney at Law focusing on mergers and acquisitions and cross-border transactions. He was a Guest Lecturer at Tsinghua University in 2005 on American venture capitalism.
Mr. Kim received his Juris Doctor degree from the Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance and Politics, a double major, from the Catholic University of America.
Yong (Howard) Fang, CPA, is the Chief Financial Officer of K Wave. He is an experienced global finance executive with public-company expertise, having helped take two companies public (IPO and RTO). His strengths include capital raising, investor relations, financial reporting, and compliance. Previously, Mr. Fang served as CFO of Baijiayun Group (Nasdaq: RTC), Director of Finance at GigaCloud Technology (Nasdaq: GCT), Associate Global Controller at Sanergy Group (HKEX:2459. HK), and Senior Auditor at Marcum LLP.
Mr. Fang holds a B.S. in Management from Hunan University, an M.S. in Accounting and Financial Management from Temple University, and an MBA from Thomas Jefferson University.
Jihun Byun, CPA, is currently the CAO of K Enter holdings, managing the accounting field of the company. He brings with him a diverse set of experience primarily in accounting, M&A, and corporate governance restructuring more than 10 years. He worked as general manager in corporate center at Wonik corporations, which owns several KOSDAQ listed corporations in the semiconductor/display, secondary battery, beauty, and digital healthcare sectors.
Jihun received a Bachelor of Arts degree in business from Sogang University.