(English) Current CEO of Meritz Asset Management. In 1984, he emerged on the scene as a star fund manager at the famous American Wall Street investment firm Scudder, Stevens & Clark, where he ran the “Korea Fund”—the first-ever mutual fund to invest in the Korean market. By buying the then-underestimated Korean stocks for a long-term investment, he increased the asset that was worth KRW 60 billion at the time of listing, to KRW 1.5 trillion in 2005, which marked a milestone in history of Korea’s investment market. He then left the U.S. and moved to Korea in 2014 to foster the right culture of stock investment by using the investment philosophy of an advanced nation as well as his own principles. In just two years from taking office as the CEO of Meritz, he transformed the company that had previously recorded one of the lowest yields into a leading firm, causing a great stir in the industry. To correct the deep-rooted prejudices associated with finance in Korea, he has given over 1,000 lectures to all groups of people—including workers, housewives, and students. He is definitely the best investment mentor who strives to increase the financial literacy of Korea by writing books, appearing on media and uploading lectures on YouTube.

(Indonesian) Penulis pindah ke Amerika Serikat pada awal 1980-an dan belajar llmu Akuntansi di Universitas New York. Ia kemudian bekerja sebagai akuntan publik bersertifikat di Peat Marwick, sebuah kantor akuntan Amerika Serika hingga akhirnya menjabat sebagai Fund Manager untuk perusahaan manajemen aset seperti Scudder, Stevens and Clark, Lazard Asset Management, dan lain sebagainya.

Scudder, Stevens, and Clark mendirikan The Korea Fund, reksa dana pertama yang berinvestasi di pasar Korea. The Korea Fund mencatat riwayat pengembalian tahunan yang luar biasa sebesar 24 persen selama 14 tahun sejak tahun 1991 hingga 2005. Kesuksesan besar tersebut menjadikannya Star Fund Manager di Wall Street, New York.