Jay Hyearn Park

• Report directly to the founder on group-wide growth, M&A, partnership, and AI initiatives.
• Led a KRW 2.4 trillion, seven-year IDC project from target sourcing through negotiation, contracting, and close.
• Own M&A, investment, and partnership from thesis to diligence, negotiation, and integration.
• Designed an AI-native operating model for capital allocation, diligence, and investment governance.
• Build alliances and investment theses to access new capabilities and accelerate market expansion.

• Led PE diligence and Generative-AI strategy projects for investors, corporates, and government clients.

• Vendor due diligence for the divestiture of Korea's largest chemical company
• Generative-AI infrastructure and investment roadmap for the Korean government
• Buy-side diligence of a translation-AI company acquired by a leading conglomerate
• Commercial diligence of a leading Korean mobility company for strategic and PE buyers

• Managed the global M&A and investment pipeline across e-commerce, logistics, payments, AI, and media.
• Built investment cases, valuations, diligence plans, and approval materials for strategic transactions.
• Led AI partnership discussions with OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and Upstage.

• $500 mm acquisition of Farfetch (NYSE: FTCH) - closed
• $300 mm divestment of Farfetch subsidiaries (Wannaby, Onport, Stadium Goods, NGG) - closed
• $5 mm acquisition of a media production company - closed
• $3 mm minority investment in CMES, a logistics-robotics company
• $2 mm acquisition of a POS company - closed
• Coupang × KB co-branded credit card - 0.6 mm active users within six months
• 10+ diligence processes across food, used cars, music streaming, AI, e-commerce, and robotics

• Led commercial diligence for PE clients across software, healthcare, retail, waste, and real estate.
• Staffed on 10+ due-diligence deals across software, healthcare, retail, waste management, and real estate.

• $800 mm sovereign-wealth-fund majority investment in a global coffee franchise - closed
• $260 mm PE acquisition of a multi-business waste-management company - closed
• $85 mm PE investment in dental healthcare and real estate (prop-tech) - closed
• $300 mm pre-sale of a 3D dental-imaging company to a PE investor - closed

• Managed confidential restructuring and portfolio projects for the Group Management Board.
• Executed proprietary buy-side and sell-side transactions for Deutsche Bank globally.
• Prepared SEC regulatory resolution-plan materials tied to restructuring and divestiture actions.
• Led cost reduction, target operating model, process redesign, and governance simplification.

• Built M&A, LBO, DDM, capital-structure, and valuation models for FIG clients.
• Prepared CIMs, teasers, board materials, management presentations, and investor materials.
• Trained ~200 incoming analysts globally on PowerPoint and Excel.

• €29.0 bn proposed all-share merger of Deutsche Börse and LSEG
• $2.7 bn acquisition of Frank Russell by LSEG, with $1.6 bn rights-issue financing - closed
• $3.0 bn IPO of Citizens Financial Group - closed
• $2.9 bn IPO of Synchrony Financial - closed
• $2.5 bn acquisition of Susquehanna Bancshares by BB&T - closed
• $2.4 bn IPO of Ally Financial - closed
• $243 mm IPO of Square - closed

• Co-president of the Korean Business Club.

• Specializations: Computer Science (94%), Mergers & Acquisitions (92%), Financial Management (94%).
• 2007-2009 leave of absence for military service (Eighth United States Army).

Computer Science (CS50, Harvard), Python (University of Michigan), Machine Learning (Stanford)

Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst, Private Equity Investment Manager, Venture Capital Investor

C / C++, Java, Python

GPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Flowith, Genspark, Manus, Replit, Cursor

Native fluency in Korean and English

TIPS evaluation committee