Choi, Yoo Hwan
Senior Advisor
CEO, Ditto Partners Group
Senior Advisor
- T. 02-2051-1870
Expertise
Start-up management, strategic planning, new business planning, corporate development
Profile
Choi, Yoo Hwan majored in Industrial Engineering at Seoul National University and began his career as a management consultant at a global consulting firm. Having glimpsed at the growth potential of the Internet as a consultant, he has since devoted himself to planning and launching new businesses at Korea’s leading Internet and media companies such as Naver, LINE, KT, and CJ. His early projects planned and commercialized were LINE MAN, O2O service of Naver LINE, and CJ CGV’s representative new business Screen-X. After leaving corporate life and joining the startup ecosystem, he founded startup businesses such as InterMD, a knowledge portal dedicated to doctors, and N-star Academy, an online education service for the entertainment field. Based on these diverse experiences, he currently serves as a CEO of Ditto Partners Group, a consulting company specializing in startups, and provides management advice and corporate development for startups and in-house ventures, as well as serving as a TIPS judge. He is also a YouTuber providing content about the IT field. Mr. Choi is available to advise on various matters including growth strategies, global expansion, investor attraction, competition strategy (marketing), and service strategy to startups and in-house ventures.
Experience
- 2000-2004
PwC Consulting
- 2004-2006
Monitor Group Consulting
- 2007-2009
Head of New Business Promotion Division, KT
- 2009-2013
Head of CJ Holdings Business Division & Head of CJ CGV New Business Division, CJ Group
- 2015-2017
Strategy Planning Manager, Naver (2006-2007) & Thailand Country Manager, Naver LINE
- 2013-2015
CEO & founder, N-star Academy
- 2015-2016
CEO & founder, InterMD Company
- 2019-present
CEO & founder, Ditto Partners Group
- 2020-present
Senior Advisor, D’LIGHT Law Group
Education
- 1999
Seoul National University, B.S. in Industrial Engineering
Languages
Korean and English