Jack Kim is a 25 year old entrepreneur who used his skills to give back to his community. He is one of the co-founders of the search engine Benelab, which generates revenue through ads in order to donate to charitable causes. He has also aided in the creation of several other businesses and is currently the CEO of Ember Labs.
Jack Kim created Benelab while he was still in high school. He began the journey towards the creation of Benelab by gaining profit from websites he was making. He came to the realization that the ads generating revenue on his websites could go towards charitable causes. He then created Benelab, the search engine that donates one-hundred of its proceeds to charitable causes such as donating towards world hunger and medical needs.
Kim then went to study computer science at Stanford and learned even more about the world of technology. He used this knowledge to create Duo AI, which develops advanced Artificial Intelligence systems for households. Duo AI’s website describes the technology as “an AI-powered mirror that you can touch and talk to. Like JARVIS.”
Jack Kim has also started a handful of other businesses. In 2013 he helped to create a business called Visionary Systems which was an emerging intelligent parking solutions provider based in Seoul, Korea. He also was a co-founder of von Hughes, a creative agency and product studio located in New York City. Von Hughes serves to “create viral campaigns like Rumblr and build our own viral products.”
Kim is also the founder and CEO of Ember Labs. Ember Labs is a laboratory dedicated to building new software and hardware businesses. Ember Labs boasts the fact that their products have been featured in over three hundred publications around the world.
Jack Kim has been a very successful entrepreneur at a young age. Through his multiple businesses and successful entrepreneurial ventures, Jack Kim displays that age does not matter in the world of entrepreneurship.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack7kim
The way Kim kept pursuing his aspirations, conquered them, and kept moving forward to new horizons is truly inspirational. He is so dedicated to his craft, and learning more about it, which is so amazing. His business ventures are so special because at the heart of them, they were designed to help people, and Kim has stayed successful because of that.
This guy seems like he has that one-in-a-million talent + motivation combo that is really working for him! I am so excited to see more and more young people pursuing large-scale social impact like this with their gifts and abilities. It’s also cool that even once he started to become successful, he still worked hard to learn as much about the field as he could even though he already knew a lot and was in a good place. This is a good reminder to always thirst to know more to make the most impact that you can and never settle!