Life Summary
Kim Young-jae is the President and CEO of Daeduck. He also serves as President of the affiliated company, Daeduck Electronics.

He is the second son of the late Kim Jung-sik, the founder and former Chairman of Daeduck Electronics.

He was born on January 1, 1959, in Seoul.

He graduated from Dongguk University High School and the Department of Industrial Chemistry at Seoul National University, and received a master's degree in Chemistry from the graduate school of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology).

He joined Daeduck Electronics in 1983 and became President and CEO in 2004. After the company transitioned into a holding structure in 2020, he became the top executive of the holding company, Daeduck.

Believing that the expansion of 5G mobile communications and the artificial intelligence (AI) market will drive up demand for non-memory products, he is focusing on diversifying the business structure, which has been centered on memory semiconductor substrates.

Since 2012, he has served as Chairman of the Samsung Electronics Suppliers Association (Hyopseonghoe).

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