Lee Seung-yoon (entrepreneur)
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Lee Seung-yoon | |
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이승윤 | |
| Born | 13 November 1990 Seoul, South Korea |
| Other names | SY Lee |
| Education | University of Oxford (BA) |
| Occupation | Business executive |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Title | Chief executive officer of Story Protocol (2022–present) |
Lee Seung-yoon (Korean: 이승윤, born 13 November 1990[1]) is a South Korean entrepreneur. He is a co-founder and the CEO of Story Protocol, a blockchain-based repository system for intellectual property, and co-founder of Radish, a serial fiction app which sold to Kakao for US$440 million.[2]
Lee was born in Seoul to Hong Kun Lee, an orthopedist, and Sung Hye Jung, a professor of fashion design and textiles at Inha University. Lee's grandfathers were both entrepreneurs.[3]
Education
In 2008, Lee travelled to the United States to spend the summer interning for Congressman Bobby Scott of Virginia's 3rd district. The following year, he interned at the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea.[3]
From 2010 until 2014, Lee studied philosophy, politics and economics at Hertford College, Oxford. He served as president of the Oxford Union, an independent debating society, in 2012–13,[4][5][6] and launched its YouTube channel.[7]