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Smilegate

Logo: smilegate, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

South Korean video game company

Smilegate (Korean: 스마일게이트) is a South Korean video game company. It is headquartered in Pangyo, Seongnam, South Korea.2 It was founded by Kwon Hyuk-bin.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jun 11, 2002Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersSeongnam1
  • Founded inSeoul1
  • Websitewww.smilegate.com
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

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Smilegate campus
Photo: Hanbin4457, CC-BY-SA-4.0, via Wikipedia4

Smilegate (Korean: 스마일게이트) is a South Korean video game company. It is headquartered in Pangyo, Seongnam, South Korea.2

Corporate structure

Smilegate sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Smilegate Seongnam

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Smilegate reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Kwon Hyuk-bin on Jun 11, 2002, in Seoul.1

Leadership

Who has led Smilegate, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Jun 11, 2002Founded Founded in Seoul1

Sources

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