As the founder of PGP, Mr. Kim has developed the firm’s strategy and led the organization since its inception in 2003. From the beginning, his core vision for PGP has been to assist leaders of emerging companies in realizing their businesses’ full potential by providing familiarity with institutional capital and guidance to raise growth capital or execute a sale.
Mr. Kim has broad, senior-level experience in the financial services industry, starting his career in the Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch in New York. While at Merrill Lynch, Mr. Kim was involved with a wide variety of high-yield financings, restructurings, divestitures, and acquisitions. Significant transactions in which Mr. Kim played a key role include the $2.4 billion RJR Nabisco Holdings leveraged buyout restructuring and the sale of Blockbuster Entertainment to Viacom for $8.9 billion, where he led the execution of the deal. In addition, as a Vice President in the 70-employee Mergers & Acquisitions group, Mr. Kim had M&A industry client origination responsibilities for the gaming and paper/forest products sectors. Also, he assumed formal group-wide management responsibilities for performance reviews, project assignments, and recruiting.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed Mr. Kim as Commissioner of the City of Los Angeles Affordable Housing Commission in 2010. Mr. Kim also serves on the Board of Directors of US Metro Bank and several non-profit organizations, including The Korea Society.
Mr. Kim earned his BA in Economics at Dartmouth College and his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
