As co-founder and CEO of SendBird ($120M+ raised, Y Combinator W16), John S. Kim is working on making conversations become universally accessible, engaging, and valuable for all businesses and people around the world.

SendBird works with some of the most valuable companies across the globe on incorporating messaging as part of their user experience on mobile apps and websites. The platform currently serves over 70M monthly chat users.

John previously founded Paprika Lab, a social gaming company with millions of users on Facebook, which got acquired in 2012. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Seoul National University and was ranked Korea's no.1 Unreal Tournament champion and the world's no.3 in WCGC 2000.