Headshot of Kim Byung-Hoon, the founder and CEO of APR Corporation

Byunghoon Kim

Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
APR Corporation

Byunghoon Kim is the founder and CEO of APR Corporation, the parent company behind leading Korean beauty and technology-driven brands including Medicube, Aprilskin, and Forment. Kim founded APR in 2014 at just 26 years old. The company has since achieved 11 consecutive years of quarterly growth under his leadership and reached unicorn status in 2023. APR is one of the youngest Korean companies to reach Korea’s main stock exchange, listing less than a decade after its founding. Kim holds a degree in business administration from Yonsei University.