Namwoong Kim is the Co-founder and CEO of Four Pillars, a global blockchain research firm driven by thesis-based analysis. ^[1][2]

Education

Namwoong Kim studied Economics at Penn State University between August 2015 to May 2022. ^[1]

Career

In July 2019, Namwoong Kim was a Team Leader at BSP Asset. In July 2022, he co-founded a41, a blockchain infra-service provider, and served as the Research Lead. ^[1][3]

Four Pillars

In June 2023, Namwoong Kim co-founded Four Pillars & serves as the company's CEO and Researcher. Four Pillars' is a crypto content-focused organization with a mission to:

"maintain an innovative edge in the industry by staying updated with the latest trends for each research thesis set, recognizing and introducing promising crypto projects, and by having skin in the game with companies related to our thesis." - the website described^[2]

Four Pillars offers written content and podcast insights spanning the gaming industry, cryptocurrency, web3, DeFi, governance, and infrastructure. ^[2]

In January 2024, Four Pillars secured a $KRW 700 million investment from Kakao Ventures, #HASHED, and BASS Investment. ^[4]

“Our foremost task and objective is to foster a developer-friendly environment through our quality research and products derived from it.” Namwoong commented.

“By addressing the challenges faced by both users and developers, we aim to lower the barriers to entry into the blockchain sector and expand the overall market of Web3.”^[4]