Jimmy Kim is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of SparkLabs. Prior to this, he served as CEO of Nexonova, a game development studio within the Nexon Group, and as General Manager of Nexon Portal site (www.nexon.com) and Web Services. (Nexon is currently listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. TYO:3659) Additionally, in 2012, Studio Ex, a game company he co-founded, was acquired by Disney. (https://venturebeat.com/games/disney-pushes-into-asia-with-purchase-of-south-koreas-studio-ex/)

In 2016, he was selected as one of the Fintech Asia 100 by Next Money, EY, and Visa, (https://fintechnews.sg/6818/fintech/fintechasia100-best-fintech-talents-leaders-community-builders/) and in 2020, he was selected as one of the 10 innovative investors in Asia by Business Insider. (https://www.businessinsider.com/cofounder-of-accelerator-spark-labs-attributes-success-of-korean-startups-to-global-mindset-2020-11)

He holds a BA in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University, a Master's degree from KAIST, and completed the Executive Management Program at Stanford University.