{"id":2222561,"date":"2026-01-05T08:46:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T08:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2222561"},"modified":"2026-01-05T08:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T08:46:32","slug":"lee-jin-soo-former-co-chairman-of-kakao-entertainment-will-return-to-kakao-in-the-new-year-to-expl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lee-jin-soo-former-co-chairman-of-kakao-entertainment-will-return-to-kakao-in-the-new-year-to-expl\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Jin-soo, former co-chairman of Kakao Entertainment, will return to Kakao in the new year to expl.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"news_cnt_detail_wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div refid=\"1\" class=\"thumb_area img\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"thumb\">            <button class=\"btn btn_ic btn_zoom\">        <i class=\"ic ic_zoom\" data-url=\"https:\/\/wimg.mk.co.kr\/news\/cms\/202601\/05\/news-p.v1.20260105.6ea7fc0d3f4e4ce4a4fba8eca68d53d5_R.jpg\" data-width=\"620\" data-height=\"444\"\/>        <span class=\"is_blind\">\uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300<\/span>      <\/button>    <\/div><figcaption>    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p refid=\"2\">Lee Jin-soo, former co-chairman of Kakao Entertainment, will return to Kakao in the new year to explore Kakao&#8217;s future growth strategy. He joined the Kakao Future Initiative Center, which is in charge of Kakao&#8217;s founder Kim Bum-soo.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"3\">On the 5th, Kakao said, &#8220;Former CEO Lee joined Kakao,&#8221; and added, &#8220;In the era of artificial intelligence (AI), it will contribute to specifying Kakao Group&#8217;s future business strategy and discovering and fostering mid- to long-term growth engines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p refid=\"4\">The Future Initiative Center is in charge of targeting the global market and discovering future food for all of the group&#8217;s affiliates, including Kakao. It is mainly seeking new business plans or mid- to long-term strategies.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"5\">Meanwhile, Kakao declares 2026 as the year of &#8220;directional growth&#8221; and plans to increase the group&#8217;s value by using AI and global fandom as new growth engines.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"6\">To this end, Kakao plans to maximize Kakao&#8217;s unique strengths, which have understood the daily life and the context of 50 million users in line with &#8220;people-centered AI.&#8221; In a recent New Year&#8217;s address, Kakao CEO Jung Shin-ah emphasized, &#8220;AI will evolve into an Agentic AI that first understands user intentions and situations and connects next actions beyond simply performing commands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p refid=\"7\">It also plans to build a global fandom ecosystem where fans from all over the world communicate and create value by combining &#8220;Full-stack assets&#8221; such as Super Intellectual Property (IP), platforms, and online and offline interfaces owned by Kakao Group.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"8\">In this regard, former CEO Lee plays a big role. Former CEO Lee has been developing a story IP business centered on webtoons and web novels since his days as Podotree, the predecessor of Kakao Page.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.mk.co.kr \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Lee Jin-soo, former co-chairman of Kakao Entertainment, will return to Kakao in the new year to explore Kakao&#8217;s future growth strategy. He joined the Kakao Future Initiative Center, which is in charge of Kakao&#8217;s founder Kim Bum-soo. 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