Kakao

South Korean internet company
Organization business Q17684312
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Kakao

Summary

Kakao is a business[1]. Kakao ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,196 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kakao is in the country of South Korea[3].
  • Kakao's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • Kakao's instance of is recorded as enterprise[5].
  • Kakao's founder is recorded as Kim Beom-soo[6].
  • Kakao is owned by Kim Beom-soo[7].
  • Kakao's headquarters location is recorded as Seoul[8].
  • Kakao's headquarters location is recorded as Jeju[9].
  • Kakao's chief executive officer is recorded as Rim Ji-hoon[10].
  • Kakao's Commons category is recorded as Kakao[11].
  • Kakao's stock exchange is recorded as Korean Stock Exchange[12].
  • Kakao's industry is recorded as Internet[13].
  • February 16, 1995 marks the founding of Kakao[14].
  • Kakao's official website is recorded as https://www.kakaocorp.com[15].
  • Kakao's official website is recorded as https://pf.kakao.com/[16].
  • Kakao's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kakao[17].
  • Kakao's product or material produced is recorded as KakaoTalk[18].
  • Kakao's replaces is recorded as Kakao[19].
  • Kakao's legal form is recorded as jusik hoesa[20].
  • Kakao's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '카카오'}[21].
  • Kakao's owner of is recorded as KakaoBank[22].
  • Kakao's owner of is recorded as Kakao Entertainment[23].
  • Kakao's owner of is recorded as Kakao T[24].
  • Kakao's owner of is recorded as Kakao M[25].
  • Kakao's owner of is recorded as Kakao Games[26].
  • Kakao's owner of is recorded as Kakao TV[27].

Body

Founding

Kakao's founder is recorded as Kim Beom-soo[6]. February 16, 1995 marks the founding of Kakao[14].

Leadership

Kakao's chief executive officer is recorded as Rim Ji-hoon[10].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Seoul[8], a Special City of Korea[28], in South Korea[29], founded in 1395[30] and Jeju[9], a city of South Korea[31], in South Korea[32].

Industry

Kakao's industry is recorded as Internet[13].

Ownership

Kakao is owned by Kim Beom-soo[7]. Kakao's stock exchange is recorded as Korean Stock Exchange[12]. Kakao's product or material produced is recorded as KakaoTalk[18].

Why It Matters

Kakao ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,196 views/month).[2] Kakao has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Kakao is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . marketscreener.com. Retrieved . marketscreener.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . kakaobank.com. kakaobank.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . kakaoent.com. kakaoent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . kakaocorp.com. kakaocorp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . kakaogamescorp.com. kakaogamescorp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . tv.kakao.com. tv.kakao.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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