WBTN · WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. · Executive Compensation

$9.46 -0.24 (-2.47%) At close · Nov 5 Play latest call Q2 2026 earnings call transcript

Russell 2000 member Rebalance outlook locked

Market Cap

$1.28B

135.71M

Volume · Nov 5 374.93K Avg daily vol (3M) 456.82K

Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2025

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Junkoo Kim	Chief Executive Officer	$584,537	—	—	—	$285,000	$66,045	$935,582
David J. Lee	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer	$500,000	$250,000	—	—	—	$41,350	$791,350
Yongsoo Kim	Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global WEBTOON	$209,074	—	$241,511	—	$105,573	$137,761	$693,919
Chankyu Park	Chief Technology Officer	$223,012	—	$210,006	—	$80,284	$12,878	$526,180
Hyeeun Son	Chief Design Officer	$150,742	—	$168,009	—	$68,966	—	$387,717

Fiscal 2024

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Junkoo Kim	Chief Executive Officer	$582,041	$30,000,000	$9,999,990	—	$513,000	—	$41,095,031
David J. Lee	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Office	$500,000	$250,000	$5,139,450	—	$200,000	$42,601	$6,132,051
Chankyu Park	Chief Technology Officer	$217,687	—	$2,319,975	$887,534	$117,551	—	$3,542,747
Yongsoo Kim	Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global WEBTOON	$142,857	—	$2,319,975	$304,080	$95,238	—	$2,862,150
Hyeeun Son	Chief Design Officer	$142,857	—	$1,629,990	$244,350	$73,469	—	$2,090,666

Fiscal 2023

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Junkoo Kim	Chief Executive Officer	$595,825	$159,122	$8,906,610	—	$684,000	—	$10,345,557
David J. Lee	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Office	$63,462	$600,000	$1,446,944	$3,325,598	—	—	$5,436,004
Chankyu Park	Chief Technology Officer	$247,093	$772	—	$406,841	$146,711	—	$801,417
Yongsoo Kim	Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global WEBTOON	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hyeeun Son	Chief Design Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Junkoo Kim	Chief Executive Officer	$598,961	$158,350	—	—	$705,000	$58,630	$1,520,941
Chankyu Park	Chief Technology Officer	$253,783	—	—	$106,242	$122,926	—	$482,951
Yongsoo Kim	Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global WEBTOON	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hyeeun Son	Chief Design Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
David J. Lee	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Office	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Sean Shinhyung Kim	Head of IP Business	Appointed	—	2026-04-13
Leah Goeun Yeon	Chief Business Officer	Appointed	—	2026-04-13
Teo Taeyeong Jang	Head of AI	Appointed	—	2026-04-13
Yuki Chae	Chief Product Officer for WEBTOON Entertainment	Appointed	—	2026-04-13
David J. Lee	President of Wattpad Corp.	Appointed	2026-04-01	2026-04-13
Chankyu Park	Chief Technology Officer	Resigned	2026-04-10	2026-04-13
Yongsoo Kim	director	Appointed	2026-03-02	2026-03-05
Yongsoo Kim	President	Appointed	2026-03-02	2026-03-05
Saeju Jeong	Class III director	Appointed	2025-06-16	2025-06-18

Leadership

Junkoo Kim CEO, Board Member
David J. Lee CFO, Board Member
Haejin Lee Board Member
Isabelle Winkles Board Member
Jun Masuda Board Member
Namsun Kim Board Member
Nancy Dubuc Board Member
Saeju Jeong Board Member
Yongsoo Kim Board Member

Key facts CIK 1997859 CUSIP 94845U105 13F (30d) 37 filings 34 filers Visit website Investor relations