GS 4th Generation Heo Tae-hong Accelerates Venture Investment... Recruiting Talent from Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Join with 3 New Members
Expanding Blockchain Investments... Group Also Considering New Business Venture Investments

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Yoon-joo] Heo Tae-hong, CEO of GS Futures and a fourth-generation member of the GS owner family, has been actively recruiting talent from Silicon Valley in the United States. The newly hired personnel have solid experience in blockchain-related fields in Silicon Valley and are expected to be responsible for discovering new blockchain business opportunities and investing in startups.

According to investment banking (IB) sources and GS on the 24th, GS Corporation and GS Futures recently hired three individuals: Zachary Keats, Jay Jinseong Kim, and Christine Kim. GS Futures is a venture investment firm established in August this year to discover promising startups in Silicon Valley. The recruitment was reportedly led by CEO Heo, a fourth-generation member of the GS owner family. All of them are alumni of Stanford University, where CEO Heo also completed his MBA program.

Keats, known as a blockchain investment expert, is expected to work closely with Executive Director Heo Seo-hong at GS Corporation. Executive Director Heo moved to the GS Corporation business team leader position in September this year and is leading new business investments and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Keats has built his career at Samsung Global Strategy Group (GSG), Ground X, a blockchain startup under Kakao Group, and the blockchain platform Klaytn.

Jay Kim worked at Deloitte Consulting, Plus8, and Amino Capital, a venture capital (VC) firm that supported next-generation blockchain protocols in their early stages, while Christine Kim gained experience at Facebook, Coupang, and Gusto. Both are responsible for investments at GS Futures in the United States.

An IB official said, "CEO Heo is known to have a strong intention to expand blockchain-related investments with the newly recruited personnel and invest in startups that can create synergy with GS Group’s businesses."

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