Kakao
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Kakao Corporation () is a South Korean internet conglomerate headquartered in Jeju City. It was formed through the merger of Daum Communications and the original Kakao Inc. in 2010. The company was renamed Daum Kakao in 2014. In 2015, it was rebranded once more, reverting simply to Kakao.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Kakao Corporation
- Company.logo
- Kakao CI yellow.svg
- Company.image
- Kakao Friends at 172 East Nanjing Road-20220828.jpg
- Company.native_name
- 주식회사 카카오
- Company.native_name_lang
- ko
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.foundation
- (original company; as Kakao Inc.) (current incarnation)
- Company.founder
- Brian Kim
- Company.location
- Jeju City, South Korea
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.key_people
- (chairman, head of corporate alignment center)Shina Chung (CEO)
- Company.industry
- Internet
- Company.revenue
- KRW 7.87 trillion
- Company.operating_income
- KRW 460 billion
- Company.net_income
- KRW -162 billion
- Company.assets
- KRW 25.77 trillion
- Company.num_employees
- 10,644
- Company.equity
- KRW 13.94 trillion
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1999
- Location
- Jeju City, South Korea
- Also known as
- Daum, KAKAO Corp, Kakao, 다음
- Status
- Active
ISNI 0000 0005 0311 350X
Official website
Link to the official site · 5,489 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- enterprise
- Country
- South Korea
- Founded by
- Kim Beom-soo
- Headquarters
- Jeju
- Owned by
- Kim Beom-soo
- Industry
- Internet
- Stock exchange
- Korean Stock Exchange
- Official website
- pf.kakao.com
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- Commons category
- Kakao
- topic's main category
- Category:Kakao
- inception
- 1995-02-16
- product or material produced
- KakaoTalk
- native label
- 카카오
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- 2006–2014: Founding of Kakao Corp.
- 2014–2015: Merger of Daum and Kakao
- 2016–present: New business model
- KakaoGroup companies
- Other products and services
- Notes
- See also
- References
- External links
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