David Lee

David J. Lee is Global Chief Financial Officer and Board Member for WEBTOON Entertainment and President of Wattpad. He previously took WEBTOON public on NASDAQ ($WBTN) as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. A seasoned consumer and technology industry executive, Mr. Lee brings over 25 years of experience across a variety of leadership roles in retail, gaming, consumer goods, and marketing. Prior to WEBTOON, Mr. Lee was the Co-Founder and CEO of Inevitable Tech while serving as a public company board member for a few passion projects. Previously, Mr. Lee was the COO & CFO of Impossible Foods, where he successfully led the company’s launch of the Impossible Burger and its nationwide distribution. Prior to Impossible Foods, Lee was the public company CFO of Zynga, where he led the company’s finance and corporate development teams, and helped lead the company’s transformation from web-based to mobile. From 2004 to 2012, Mr. Lee held leadership roles at Del Monte Foods while it was public, and led its take-private transaction, overseeing at various times the consumer products business, corporate strategic planning, government relations, corporate communications, and financial planning. Mr. Lee also led corporate finance, strategy and development for Best Buy during its transformation from 2012 to 2014.

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