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Webtoon names Leah Goeun Yeon chief business officer in leadership revamp

PUBT·04/13/2026 20:16:38
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Webtoon names Leah Goeun Yeon chief business officer in leadership revamp
  • Webtoon reshaped leadership structure to integrate global operations under President Yongsoo Kim.
  • Operating model shifted from regional management to a consolidated global setup to speed execution.
  • Chief operating officer role eliminated; chief technology officer role eliminated.
  • David J Lee kept chief financial officer post; added president of Wattpad role after leading transformations at Zynga, Impossible Foods, Best Buy e-commerce shift.
  • Leah Goeun Yeon appointed first chief business officer to run Korea and rest-of-world platform business excluding Japan; previously chief growth and marketing officer at Woowa Brothers, co-founder and CEO of Simply O.


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