Chung Henry

Henry Chung is the Managing Director of Draper Athena and the Head of Draper Athena Seoul office.
His investments focus on Korean startups which can grow into global markets.
He was the founder/CEO of eCommunity, a consultancy devoted to helping startup companies in various aspects of their business including strategic planning, market development, technology positioning, and financing.
Prior to eCommunity, he was the Director at Arthur D.
Little, a global management consultancy.
As a member of Arthur D.
Little's TIME (Telecommunication, Information, Media, and Electronics) Practice, he helped numerous clients in the information and telecommunications industry for their strategy development.
Prior to Arthur D.
Little, he helped orchestrate SK Group’s entry into the mobile telecommunications business, as a member of the core team that launched SK Telecom, which has become the largest wireless carrier in Korea.
He was also the founding member of The Monitor Group Seoul office and worked on a variety of strategic consulting projects both in the US and Korea.
Currently, he is the co-chairman of Venture Leaders Club whose members are a select group of startup leaders and their companies.
He frequently lectures on high tech management for entrepreneurs and universities.
He is also one of the main "shark" investors on a reality TV series called Startup Bigbang (the Korean version of Shark Tank).
He earned BA and MBA degrees from Seoul National University.