Kim Hyung-tae
South Korean businessman (born 1978)
Kim Hyung-tae (Korean: 김형태; born February 7, 1978) is a South Korean video game developer and business executive. He is the founder of Shift Up, where he is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer (CEO).2
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Born Feb 7, 1978.1
About
In April 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$725 million.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kim Hyung-tae, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
Early life and education
Growing up, Kim enjoyed drawing. He attended Chung-Ang University, majoring in design but dropped out.
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Career
Occupation: video game director, businessperson, illustrator, comics artist.4
Career as artist
Kim began working professionally as an illustrator in 1997 and joined the game company Softmax in 1998. Kim would be famous for his character design in games like the Magna Carta series and Blade & Soul; and later worked at NCSoft as an art director.
As entrepreneur
In 2013, Kim founded Shift Up.
Kim served as executive producer on Goddess of Victory: Nikke, which Shift Up released on November 4, 2022. He also served as director on the action-adventure game Stellar Blade, which was released on April 26, 2024.
Shift Up went public on South Korea’s KOSPI in July 2024, raising $320 million.
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Personal life
- CitizenshipSouth Korea5
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataKim Hyung-tae on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKim Hyung-tae on Wikipedia
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- 6WikidataKim Hyung-tae: X, on Wikidata
- 7WikidataShift Up, Founder