Our Team
Founded by top tier engineers specialized in Search, Deep Learning and MRC
Founders
42Maru was founded by search and AI experts to create a semantic QA service based on the know-how accumulated during the development of search technology at Empas and SK Communications Nate.
Our founders are locally known the “Search Mafia” and have over 20 years of experience in search industry as well as commercial experience building a search engine that outperformed the market share of Google in Korea
D.K. Donghwan Kim
CEO
Previous experience: Chief Director of Search Division of SK Communications and Head of Search Dept. at Empas
Senior Members
Hans KIM
Chief Technology Officer. +32 years of related work experience.
Jesse Jeong
Chief Business Offices and Head of Language AI Research Lab . +25 years in related work experience.
Jerry JEONG
Head of LLM42. +20 years Software Engineering.
Yuzu KWON
Head of Agentic AI. +20 years Search Engine development.
Leo KIM
Head of AI Intelligence. +17 years Search Engine development.
Gilje SEONG
Head of Strategic Planning. +12 years related experience.
Jay Park
Head of Business Innovation Team. +25 years in Sales experience.
Allen CHANG
Head of Marketing & PR. +18 years in related work experience.
Our People
Our values
Sharing
We believe information is power, so we empower our teams by sharing our knowledge and skills
Meritocracy
We avoid hierarchy in prose of skills if you are an expert we are interested in what you have to say
Trust
Our teams need to believe in each other so we can change the world together
Development
The company grows as much as our members grow, we help you achieve your goals
