Kim Camacho is a 1980 graduate of the Harvard Business School and a 1977 cum laude economics graduate from Radcliffe College, Harvard University. She worked for Seagrams Latin America in New York, the National Development Company of the Philippines and founded an award-winning fashion accessories manufacturing and exporting company. After working briefly in property development, she opened the Sotheby's representative office in the Philippines in 2001. She and her husband have been collecting art since 1981. Today, their collection has some of the most important works of Yayoi Kusama, who is widely considered the world's most popular contemporary artist. They also collected Gutai art before Gutai was widely acclaimed in the Guggenheim New York exhibition. Their video art collection contains the largest teamLab collection in private hands. They also have a major collection of the American Abstract Expressionist Alfonso Ossorio. They regularly lend to museums and art exhibitions around the world. She and Lito Camacho have 6 children, 2 of whom are noted artists. She now considers herself a full time art collector. Kim is also a member of the Asia Pacific Acquisitions Committee of the Tate.