Management

Bom Suk Kim founded our company and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since May 2010. Mr. Kim attended Harvard University, earning a A.B. degree in Government. We believe Mr. Kim is qualified to serve as a member of our board because of his extensive experience building and leading our business and his insight into our technology as our Founder and Chief Executive Officer.

Gaurav Anand has served as our Chief Financial Officer since December 2020 and previously served as our Chief Operating Officer from January 2019 to December 2020. Mr. Anand previously served as the Chief of Staff to our CEO from January 2017 to December 2018 and our Chief Financial Officer of Global eCommerce from January 2017 to December 2017. Prior to joining Coupang, Mr. Anand served as Vice President of Finance at Myntra, a fashion subsidiary of Flipkart, from November 2014 to December 2016. Mr. Anand also previously worked at Amazon from 2007 to 2014, holding various Finance positions across North America retail, International retail, AWS business, and payments business.

Hanseung Kang has served as our Representative Director of Business Management since November 2020. Prior to joining Coupang, Mr. Kang worked as an attorney at Kim & Chang from February 2013 to November 2020, where his practice focused on crisis management, communication strategy, and government affairs. From August 2011 to February 2013, Mr. Kang served as the Secretary to the President of the Republic of Korea for Legal Affairs. During the prior eighteen years, he served in the Korean judiciary, first as a judge at district courts and later as a presiding judge in the appellate court. Mr. Kang has also served as a Special Counselor to the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, and as the Counselor for the Judicial Affairs at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the U.S. Mr. Kang received his LL.B. from Korea University and attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea.

DJ Park has served as our Representative Director of Business Development since January 2020. In this role, he explores, develops and leads Coupang’s new services including the food delivery service Coupang Eats to ensure they can be successfully introduced to customers. Previously, Mr. Park served as our Vice President of Policy from January 2019 to January 2020, and as our Senior Director of Policy from May 2012 to December 2018. Prior to joining us, Mr. Park worked at LG Electronics, a multinational electronics company, and Naver, an engineering and development company. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Hongik University.

Thuan Pham has served as our Chief Technology Officer since September 2020. Prior to joining Coupang, Mr. Pham served as Chief Technology Officer of Uber Technologies, Inc. from April 2013 to May 2020. From December 2004 to January 2013, Mr. Pham served in various Vice President roles at VMWare, Inc., a software and technology company, including as Vice President, R&D - Cloud Management Platform from June 2012 to January 2013. Mr. Pham holds both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Harold Rogers has served as our Chief Administrative Officer since January 2020. Prior to joining Coupang, Mr. Rogers served as Executive Vice President, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Millicom, a global telecommunications company, from August 2016 to December 2019. He also was previously a Partner at Sidley Austin LLP from January 2013 to July 2016 and an associate attorney from September 2006 to December 2012. He clerked for the Honorable Thomas B. Griffith on the United States Court of Appeals for the Washington D.C. Circuit from 2005 to 2006. Mr. Rogers holds a B.A. in English from Brigham Young University and earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Minette Bellingan has served as our Representative Director, CPLB since December 2018. In this role, she leads CPLB, which develops and sells private label products and provides compliance services to the Coupang family of companies. Prior to joining Coupang, she was the Director of Global Sourcing and Private Brands at Amazon.com, an online retailer, from January 2013 to December 2018. Ms. Bellingan has over 20 years of experience in private label and compliance in online and offline retail in Asia, Europe, and the United States. Ms. Bellingan received a Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction from the Central Saint Martins School of Art London, a Masters of Business Administration from the OU Business School London, and a Master of Research degree with distinction from the University of Cambridge.

Kiro Kyung has served as our Representative Director of Coupang Pay since April 2020. In this role, he leads our financial technology and payment services to provide payment options and other financial services to our customers and merchants. Previously, Mr. Kyung served as our Senior Director Software Engineering from June 2019 to April 2020, and Director Software Engineering from June 2014 to May 2019. Mr. Kyung is an experienced software development engineer and leader who founded two tech startups before joining Coupang. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Chung-Ang University.