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Future School (CEO Shin Chul-heon), which provides Korea’s largest D2C knowledge business solution LiveKlass, announced that it has hired Sean Kim, who has demonstrated innovative leadership in the global tech industry, as a strategic advisor.
Sean Kim is currently the CEO of Triller, a global AI music short video sharing platform in the United States. He also served as the President and Chief Product Officer of Kajabi, an all-in-one platform for creators and entrepreneurs to create, market, and sell digital content, and as the head of products for TikTok and Amazon Prime, where he led growth in the global market.
Advisor Sean Kim will be responsible for ▲advising on product improvements for LiveClass ▲providing directions for user-centered technological innovation ▲establishing strategic partnerships to activate the creator ecosystem at Future School. Future School plans to further enhance its development capabilities and accelerate efforts to secure product competitiveness for creators with Sean Kim, who has successful experience with Kajabi, the world’s largest knowledge creator platform.
Advisor Sean Kim said, “We are delighted to be working with Future School, which has successfully expanded its domestic market through ‘Live Class,’ a solution that supports knowledge businesses.” He added, “Knowledge content is one of the fastest-growing and most profitable sectors in the creator economy, and we will spare no support in actively exploring global markets going forward.”
Future School CEO Shin Chul-heon said, “Sean Kim’s extensive experience and insight will be a great help to Future School in developing products that creators need in line with global trends.” He added, “In particular, we have high expectations that we will be able to apply Sean Kim’s career and successful experience at Kajabi to the product growth of LiveClass.”
Meanwhile, Sean Kim has held various key roles at global tech companies such as Triller, Kajabi, TikTok, and Amazon Prime. As Head of Product at TikTok, he led the development of key features such as the 'For You Page (FYP)' and creator monetization tools. At Amazon Prime, as Global Head of Product, he drove membership growth through customer retention strategies. At Kajabi, he led platform innovation for knowledge creators, and as CEO of Triller, he is currently leading the transformation into a creator- and fan-centric social platform.
FutureScholé is a knowledge business startup founded in 2018 that operates LIVEKLASS, a platform that connects knowledge creators and learners. LiveClass has achieved continuous growth, securing over 9 million users and over 27,000 knowledge creators to date. Creators with hundreds of thousands of followers, including national instructor CEO Kim Mi-kyung, are using LiveClass, and there are increasing cases of creators with around 10,000 subscribers earning over 10 million won in monthly sales. FutureScholé attracted 5 billion won in Series A investment this year and has exceeded 8 billion won in cumulative investment.
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