Life Summary
Heo Jin-young is the CEO of Pearl Abyss.

He is currently focusing the company’s resources on the launch of a major new game.

Born on April 11, 1971, Heo graduated from Korea University with a degree in Physics and earned a master’s degree in Physics from the same university’s graduate school.

He completed his military service as an industrial technical personnel at OnNet (now Webzen OnNet).

Heo held various positions, including Head of Community at SK Communications and Head of Publishing at OnNet, before serving as Head of Game Services at Daum Communications.

He later joined Pearl Abyss, where he served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) before being appointed CEO in 2022.

He is currently focused on the Chinese release of *Black Desert* (Chinese version), scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2024.

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