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September 12, 2008
Chang Kim's startup TNC acquired by Google
It is not every day that you can say that your friend's company is acquired by Google .. but I woke up this morning to an email from an old friend in Seoul - Chang Kim. I have known Chang from his days in Samsung .. and blogged about him as early as 2006 when he had just left Samsung to form a new company. And today - I wake up this morning to find that they have been acquired by Google.
Could not have happened to a nicer person! And with baby Issac earlier this year, this has been a good year for the Kims :)
Great work Chang.
This is also good news for Google in Korea .. not many people know that Google is NOT the market leader in Korea - that honour goes to the Korean search engine Naver . So, Google plays catchup in this market - making this acquisition even more significant - and i believe it is one of the first acquisitions of Google in this part of the world
Chang is organizing OpenWeb Asia which looks to be a must attend event in Seoul next month
Well done Chang!
Posted by ajit at September 12, 2008 10:03 AM
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Congrats on the acquisition. Always nice to get acquired by Google. What type of company exactly?
John
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Posted by: john j at September 12, 2008 5:37 PM