Austin Kim is CEO of Woowa Brothers.
He was born in 1982.
He majored in international relations and economics at George Washington University in the United States and earned a master's degree from Koç University in Türkiye.
He worked as an advisor at TPG Capital, a major private equity fund (PEF) and alternative asset manager, in the United States.
He participated in establishing Uber's Türkiye unit and served as its founding operations manager. He founded Gelgit, a carpooling and mobility startup in Türkiye, and oversaw its management, and also participated in establishing the Türkiye unit of Glovo, a delivery platform company headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, and oversaw the company.
He was involved in founding Trendyol Go, a real-time food and grocery delivery platform service operated by Trendyol Group, Türkiye's largest e-commerce company, and served as its CEO.
He was appointed CEO of Woowa Brothers in January 2025.
He was selected as an on-demand expert with a background at Uber ahead of U.S.-based Uber's acquisition of shares in Germany's Delivery Hero (DH), the parent company of Baemin, and has served as a key bridge to Uber.
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