Harvard Dropout Quickly Becomes Billionaire

Coupang founder and CEO Kim Beom-seok, a mid-career Harvard University dropout

The BBC reports that Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, immigrated to the United States in high school and obtained U.S. citizenship, then dropped out of his Harvard MBA and returned to South Korea.

Coupang has been expanding its delivery business by setting up logistics centers within an 11-kilometer radius of 70% of the Korean population’s homes or offices, and by developing new businesses such as meal delivery and streaming services under Coupang’s “Rocket Express” brand, which focuses on same-day delivery.