Haan S. Junn

Haan S. Junn is the CEO of YesAI and former director of international business development at Yozma Group Korea, the Korean arm of the Israeli-founded Yozma Group.^[1] His career has spanned financial markets and executive education, and he is based in Incheon, South Korea.^[2] Yozma Group Korea describes him as bringing "diversified insight from his background in education and finance," a summary of a working life that has moved from a trading-data role at Bloomberg into management education and, most recently, cross-border business development.^[1]​

Early Life and Education

Haan Junn studied Economics at Korea University from 2003 to 2008, earning a bachelor’s degree in the field. From 2006 to 2007, he also attended the University of California, Davis, through an exchange student program in Economics.

In 2012, Junn completed executive education in negotiation at Harvard University. The program was part of Harvard’s executive education offerings and did not constitute a degree. ^{[1] [2] [7]}

Career

Bloomberg

Haan S. Junn worked at Bloomberg from March 2008 to July 2011 as a Sales Associate in Analytics in Hong Kong SAR. His responsibilities included selling Bloomberg terminals to buy-side clients, including asset management firms and hedge funds. His listed clients included Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, HSBC, Samsung Asset Management, and Mirae Asset. He also worked on ideas for financial-market analytics functions and assisted clients with the use of the Bloomberg terminal. Yozma Group Korea records this position as Bloomberg Analytics (HK).

Institute of Global Management

Junn joined the Institute of Global Management (IGM) in Seoul, South Korea, in February 2012, serving as Director and Professor until January 2018. His responsibilities included managing overseas relations and partnerships and teaching Negotiations and Values-based Management programs to executives from companies including Samsung and Hyundai.

From April 2013 to April 2018, Junn served as Founder and CEO of IGM Global and was associated with bizcuit.com. IGM Global operated as a subsidiary of IGM and provided online training through bizcuit.com. IGM's training programs were primarily conducted offline, while IGM Global provided online programs to business professionals in Korea.

Junn is also identified as the founder of bizcuit.com and IGM Prime. The available records do not provide additional information about the activities or operations of these ventures.

The Yozma Group

Junn joined the Yozma Group in May 2018 as a Director in Seoul, South Korea. His responsibilities included managing the group's international activities, with a focus on Israel, Europe, and the United States. He worked within the Business Development and Investment teams on international deal sourcing, partnerships, and fundraising.

From July 2022 to April 2024, Junn held the position of CBDO and Executive Director of Yozma Group Asia / Korea. From April to October 2024, he served as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). In that position, his responsibilities included deal sourcing, partnerships, portfolio management, technology scouting, and fundraising.

Descriptions of Junn's position at Yozma Group Korea vary among available sources. The group's team page identifies him as an advisor responsible for international business development, while another professional profile lists him as a director. A 2023 press report identified him as Executive Director and CBDO of Yozma Group Korea.

Junn was involved in cross-border business activities conducted by Yozma Group Korea. In July 2023, he participated in a visit by a delegation from Seoul's Gangnam Severance Hospital to the Tel Aviv Medical Center and its Ichilov Tech innovation arm in Israel. According to Ido Wolf, Junn and Bina Cho provided guidance during the establishment of a collaboration between the two hospitals.

In October 2023, Junn participated in the Brazil Korea Conference 2023, held on October 26 at Cubo Itaú in São Paulo. The event focused on entrepreneurship between Brazil and South Korea and had approximately 80 in-person attendees. Other participants included Dong Su Kim of LG Technology Ventures, Thais Aquino of StartSe, and Serena Park of Golden Hawk Consulting and Hanmaum Brasil.

In April 2024, Junn was quoted by his colleague Bina Cho in a discussion concerning artificial intelligence. Cho attributed to Junn comments about Richard Jhang and Summer Kim and their relationship to the development of artificial intelligence.

SparkBioLabs

Junn served as Executive Director of SparkBioLabs from August 2024 to March 2025 on a part-time basis in Seoul, South Korea.

SparkBioLabs is a spinoff of SparkLabs focused on biotechnology development. During Junn's tenure, the organization described its activities as including work with oncology-focused biotechnology startups and the development of technologies related to oncology therapeutics and early diagnostics, including liquid biopsies and artificial intelligence.

GripLabs

Junn became Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of GripLabs Inc. in January 2025. He has held the position on a full-time basis in Seoul, South Korea.

GripLabs is a South Korean artificial intelligence company working on news consumption and engagement. The company developed technology for producing news summaries organized around topics rather than individual articles. Its activities also include an AI-driven polling system that generates interactive polls and uses user responses to provide personalized news recommendations.

GripLabs is an affiliate company of YES24, an online book retailer in South Korea.

YesAI

Junn became Chief Executive Officer of YesAI in March 2025. He has held the position on a full-time basis in Seoul, South Korea. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}