# Daniel Kim

> Daniel Kim is a South Korean-American entrepreneur and researcher, founder and CEO of Tiger Research, a firm providing Web3 market research and consulting in Asia; he previously held technology roles at Microsoft and AWS and is adept in blockchain and inv

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**Daniel Kim** is a South Korean‑American entrepreneur and researcher and the Founder and CEO of [Tiger Research](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tiger-research), an Asia-focused [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) research and consulting firm. Daniel Kim has held roles at companies including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and in a New York-based family investment office.

## Early Life and Education

Daniel Kim was born in Arlington, Virginia. He pursued higher education at Ajou University (아주대학교) in South Korea. Kim is multilingual, being fluent in English, Korean, and Japanese.

## Career

### Technology Industry

In the technology sector, Daniel Kim worked on roles at major corporations such as Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Yahoo! He was among the early AWS employees in South Korea and Japan, leading initial market research, business development, and organizational work for AWS regional operations, focusing on areas like blockchain and cloud computing.

### Investment Research

Following his tenure in tech companies, Kim transitioned to the investment sector where he led the Technology Research and Analyst team at a large New York-based family investment office managing over $20 billion in assets under management.

### Tiger Research (2021–present)

In 2021, Daniel Kim founded [Tiger Research](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tiger-research), headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, with operations in Vietnam and Indonesia. [Tiger Research](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tiger-research) provides market research, business development, and project management services for enterprise [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) initiatives. Clients include [Animoca Brands](https://iq.wiki/wiki/animoca), Forte, and the [Klaytn](https://iq.wiki/wiki/klaytn) [Foundation](https://iq.wiki/wiki/foundation), with additional clients such as [Solana](https://iq.wiki/wiki/solana) [Foundation](https://iq.wiki/wiki/foundation), [The Graph](https://iq.wiki/wiki/the-graph) [Foundation](https://iq.wiki/wiki/foundation), and Everyworld. Notable partnerships include a memorandum of understanding with [Animoca Brands](https://iq.wiki/wiki/animoca) in September 2023 for [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) business development and marketing in Korea. The firm also partnered with Kaiko in March 2025 to offer localized [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) market research to Asian financial institutions. [Tiger Research](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tiger-research) publishes free bi-weekly research reports via Substack, which had over 12,000 subscribers as of 2025. The firm collaborated with FactBlock and [Hashed](https://iq.wiki/wiki/hashed) to publish an open-source Korea [Blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) Week market primer for global [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) conference attendees.