Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global WEBTOON · WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (WBTN)

Yongsoo Kim

A named executive officer of WEBTOON Entertainment in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$693,919

FY2024: $2,862,150

3rd of 5 named executive officers at Webtoon Entertainment by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 22, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Yongsoo Kim compensation by year

WEBTOON Entertainment Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as WEBTOON Entertainment reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$142,857$209,074
Bonus—$0
Stock awards$2,319,975$241,511
Option awards$304,080$0
Non-equity incentive$95,238$105,573
Pension and deferred compensation—$0
All other—$137,761
Total$2,862,150$693,919

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. DEF 14A filed April 22, 2026, accession 0001997859-26-000055, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. filed document, accession 0001997859-26-000055. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 22, 2026.

$2.9M
$694K
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU72,177$940,466—
RSU12,770$166,393—
RSU6,400$83,392—
Option33,600—$22.50
Option48,000—$20.34
Option3,000—$32.30

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in WEBTOON Entertainment Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments WEBTOON Entertainment discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control and resignation for good reason$111,409$0$0$111,409
Change in control, no termination$0$0$0$0
Disability$111,409$0$0$111,409
Involuntary termination without cause$111,409$0$0$111,409
Change in control and involuntary termination$111,409$0$0$111,409
Death$111,409$0$0$111,409
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$111,409$0$0$111,409

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in WEBTOON Entertainment Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

WEBTOON Entertainment’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Junkoo KimChief Executive Officer$935,582
David LeeChief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer$791,350
Yongsoo Kim · this pageChief Strategy Officer & Head of Global WEBTOON$693,919
Chankyu ParkChief Technology Officer$526,180
Hyeeun SonChief Design Officer$387,717

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WEBTOON Entertainment board · FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: WEBTOON Entertainment pays directors a $75,000 cash retainer and $450,000 in RSUs. As stated in WEBTOON Entertainment's FY2025 proxy.

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