Most Powerful Women Asia

Shina Chung

Courtesy of Kakao
  • Title
    CEO
  • Company/Affiliation
    Kakao
  • Country/Territory
    South Korea

Shina Chung is CEO of Kakao, a South Korean tech giant. The company runs Korea's most widely used messaging app, Kakao Talk, with 44 million monthly active users. But Kakao also offers payment services, ride-hailing, web comics, digital banking, music streaming and, increasingly, entertainment. Chung, originally the head of Kakao's venture capital arm, became CEO in March 2024, amid a stock manipulation scandal that enveloped her predecessor.