James Joo-Jin Kim is an American businessman who founded the chipmaker Amkor.
[1] Kim immigrated to the United States from South Korea in 1955 and started Amkor Electronics as a law student.
Kim took the company public in 1998 and stepped down as CEO in 2009, while staying on as the executive chairman of the Board.
[2] In 2005, Kim bought out GameStop in a deal valued at $1.4 billion.
[3] He and his family have a net worth of US$1.6 billion according to Forbes.