Tony Park
Vice President, The9

Mr. Tony Park is currently serving as Vice President of The9, Ltd. (also CEO of 9 City Asia, subsidiary of The9). He is in charge of Hellgate: London operation in China as well as corporate strategy and business development.

(1) management consultant at Arthur D. Little (Dec. 1998 – April, 2002)

1. Served as a management consultant for Fortune 500 and big companies in Asia specializing in corporate finance and strategy
2. Worked in Seoul, Tokyo, and Hong Kong

(2) venture capitalist at ADL Partners (April 2000 – April. 2002)

1. Invested in 5 Korean companies
2. Among them, 2 companies went to IPO, 1 company is acquired (return form the investment is over 100 times)
3. The other 2 companies are running well, but the fund is not exited yet

(3) HanbitSoft, Inc. (April, 2002 – present)

1. President of International Business
2. Joined as a manager, promoted every year, became the youngest professional president in Korea’s online game industry (besides the founders)
3. Started HanbitSoft’s international business since 2003 from scratch
4. As of today, HanbitSoft’s 6 online game runs in 44 countries
5. My role includes business development, localization / technical operation, marketing and brand management, studio management (IMC Games, Flagship Studios, etc.), Joint Ventures management (HUE for Japan, Ping0 for USA), finding new games studios, and new partners, etc.
6. Performed various functions after joining the company - including manager of IR, strategic planning, game marketing new business development, etc.

3. Education and other

1. BA of Business Administration, Korea University (Mar.1992 - Jan1999)
2. Served for Korea 3rd Army Aviation Force : finance manager (Dec.1993-Feb. 1996)

Received Award from Korea’s Prime Minister for being an embassador of Korean Culture on Dec, 2006.

Panelist: The New Online Game Payment Model