WEBTOON Entertainment Management
Management criteria checks 1/4
WEBTOON Entertainment's CEO is Junkoo Kim, appointed in Jan 2005, has a tenure of 19.83 years. total yearly compensation is $10.35M, comprised of 5.8% salary and 94.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.72% of the company’s shares, worth $10.95M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.3 years and 0.6 years respectively.
Key information
Junkoo Kim
Chief executive officer
US$10.3m
Total compensation
| CEO salary percentage | 5.8% |
| CEO tenure | 19.8yrs |
| CEO ownership | 0.7% |
| Management average tenure | 2.3yrs |
| Board average tenure | less than a year |
CEO Compensation Analysis
| Date | Total Compensation | Salary | Company Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 2024 | n/a | n/a | -US$119m |
| Jun 30 2024 | n/a | n/a | -US$149m |
| Mar 31 2024 | n/a | n/a | -US$92m |
| Dec 31 2023 | US$10m | US$596k | -US$116m |
Compensation vs Market: Junkoo's total compensation ($USD10.35M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD5.50M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Junkoo's compensation with company performance.
CEO
Junkoo Kim (47 yo)
19.8yrs
Tenure
US$10,345,557
Compensation
Mr. Junkoo Kim is Founder, CEO & Director of WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. from September 2016 and is its Chairman since June 28, 2024. Mr. Kim also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of NAVER WEBTOON sinc...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founder | 19.8yrs | US$10.35m | 0.72% $ 10.9m | |
| CFO, COO & Director | less than a year | US$5.44m | 0.25% $ 3.7m | |
| Chief Technology Officer | 5.7yrs | US$801.42k | 0% $ 0 | |
| Director of Investor Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
| General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | no data | no data | no data | |
| Chief Strategy Officer | less than a year | no data | 0.086% $ 1.3m | |
| Chief Design Officer | 5.7yrs | no data | 0.056% $ 858.5k | |
| Chief Product Officer | 2.1yrs | no data | 0.052% $ 790.1k | |
| Head of Korean Content Services | no data | no data | no data | |
| Head of AI&Data | no data | no data | no data | |
| President of Wattpad WEBTOON Studios | no data | no data | no data | |
| Chief Executive Officer of LINE Digital Frontier | 2.3yrs | no data | no data |
2.3yrs
Average Tenure
47.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: WBTN's management team is considered experienced (2.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founder | 8.2yrs | US$10.35m | 0.72% $ 10.9m | |
| CFO, COO & Director | less than a year | US$5.44m | 0.25% $ 3.7m | |
| Independent Director | less than a year | no data | 0.016% $ 237.0k | |
| Director | 4.1yrs | no data | no data | |
| Independent Director | less than a year | no data | 0% $ 0 | |
| Director | 4.1yrs | no data | 0% $ 0 | |
| Director | less than a year | no data | 0.0056% $ 85.3k |
0.6yrs
Average Tenure
47yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: WBTN's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 0.6 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.