The story behind Kim Jeong-bin, a 'Harvard graduate entrepreneur' with annual sales of 19 billion won, rummaging through street trash cans will be revealed.
Today (4th) at 9:55 p.m., the jointly produced program 'Neighbor Millionaire' hosted by Seo Jang-hoon will feature Kim Jeong-bin, the representative of a recycling corporation with 'annual sales of 19 billion won'. Kim Jeong-bin's company produces renewable raw materials that can replace oil by collecting discarded PET bottles. The company has developed a recycling robot that offers a reward of 10 won for each PET bottle collected, providing a total of 5.4 billion won (equivalent to 540 million PET bottles) in compensation to the general public. Through 'Neighbor Millionaire', Kim Jeong-bin reveals his daily life, where he actively participates in recycling by collecting discarded PET bottles on dog-walking routes and other locations. Notably, he even rummages through trash cans, humorously noting, 'The first time is hard, but after that, it's easy.'
After graduating from the Harvard Kennedy School (School of Public Policy), he worked as the CEO of a steel corporation with annual sales of 500 billion won and has now founded his recycling company. While serving as CEO of the steel company, his annual salary was 300 million won, and the total amount he managed while working reached an astonishing 3 trillion won. As curiosity grows about why he chose the difficult path of entrepreneurship, forsaking a high-paying salary that anyone would envy, Kim Jeong-bin unexpectedly shares, 'The stress was so extreme that I was on the verge of losing my hair.' The hidden story of how 'the CEO of a steel company, which spent 3 trillion won', founded a recycling corporation can be confirmed through the broadcast of 'Neighbor Millionaire.'
Meanwhile, Seo Jang-hoon draws attention by confidently stating, 'I think a style like Elon Musk would be off-putting from an investor's perspective.' While listening to Kim Jeong-bin talk about the secrets to his successful initial investment in entrepreneurship, he notes, 'The tone you speak with is calm, and there’s no feel of being a 'concept person.' He adds with a smile, 'If I were an investor, even if someone had extraordinary abilities, I wouldn't invest in a person who is too loud and exaggerated.'
The life story of Kim Jeong-bin, who built a corporation valued at 250 billion won from waste, will be broadcast on Wednesday, the 4th, at 9:55 p.m. on EBS and E-channel's 'Neighbor Millionaire'.
[Photo] OSEN DB, 'Neighbor Millionaire'
[OSEN]