Kakao
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Kakao Corporation () is a South Korean internet conglomerate headquartered in Jeju City. It was formed through the merger of Daum Communications and the original Kakao Inc. in 2010. The company was renamed Daum Kakao in 2014. In 2015, it was rebranded once more, reverting simply to Kakao.
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Kakao Corporation is a company established in 1999 and located in Jeju City, South Korea. It is also known by the aliases Daum, KAKAO Corp, and 다음. The organization is currently active.
The entity was initially involved in activities starting in 1995. Its stated description is to allow everyone to experience AI in their daily lives.
Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, ROR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Kakao Corporation
- Company.logo
- Kakao CI yellow.svg
- Company.image
- Kakao Friends at 172 East Nanjing Road-20220828.jpg
- Company.native_name
- 주식회사 카카오
- Company.native_name_lang
- ko
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.foundation
- (original company; as Kakao Inc.) (current incarnation)
- Company.founder
- Brian Kim
- Company.location
- Jeju City, South Korea
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.key_people
- (chairman, head of corporate alignment center)Shina Chung (CEO)
- Company.industry
- Internet
- Company.revenue
- KRW 7.87 trillion
- Company.operating_income
- KRW 460 billion
- Company.net_income
- KRW -162 billion
- Company.assets
- KRW 25.77 trillion
- Company.num_employees
- 10,644
- Company.equity
- KRW 13.94 trillion
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1999
- Location
- Jeju City, South Korea
- Also known as
- Daum, KAKAO Corp, Kakao, 다음
- Status
- Active
ISNI 0000 0005 0311 350X
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- enterprise
- Country
- South Korea
- Founded by
- Kim Beom-soo
- Headquarters
- Jeju
- Owned by
- Kim Beom-soo
- Industry
- Internet
- Stock exchange
- Korean Stock Exchange
- Official website
- pf.kakao.com
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- Commons category
- Kakao
- topic's main category
- Category:Kakao
- inception
- 1995-02-16
- product or material produced
- KakaoTalk
- native label
- 카카오
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- 2006–2014: Founding of Kakao Corp.
- 2014–2015: Merger of Daum and Kakao
- 2016–present: New business model
- KakaoGroup companies
- Other products and services
- Notes
- See also
- References
- External links
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