Executive Profile

Taek Kwon Member of Advisory Board, AdGent Digital, Inc.

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Background

Mr. Taek Kwon serves as an Operating Partner and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at TPG Growth. Mr. Kwon joined TPG Growth in March 2006 and focuses on investments in the media, travel, and technology sectors in North America and Asia. He serves as a Managing Member at Toro Investment Partners. He was an Advisor at TPG Growth. He is working with current TPG portfolio companies such as FineStationary.com, G2 Switchworks Corp., and OnVantage Inc. Before joining TPG, he spent ... ten years in various executive roles at leading online media and technology companies. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Friendster, Inc., since June 13, 2005 and served as its President. He joined Friendster in June 2005 to execute a difficult turnaround, as revenue was quickly declining and user growth had stagnated. Earlier, he served as the Executive Vice President of Product and Technology at Citysearch, Inc. At Citysearch, he oversaw the product, technology, editorial content, operations, and online marketing efforts that led to profitability for the first time in nine years. He successfully executed Citysearch's strategic shift from local entertainment focused advertising to broader yellow page advertising services. Mr. Kwon served as a founding technology executive at CommerceBid. He served as Founding Vice President of Engineering and Operations at Hotwire, Inc. He oversaw the design, development, and deployment of Hotwire's site technology. He was an early member of the Hotwire.com team, joining in May 2000 prior to the site's launch. Since then, he has held a variety of senior technology roles, heading departments such as software engineering, quality assurance, site operations, and information technology. Prior to Hotwire, Mr. Kwon was a Senior Engineering Manager at Commerce One and led the development of the B2B auctioning system that powered GM's TradeXchange. Additionally, he worked as Professional Services Manager at Winmill Software, where he helped to migrate its strategic focus from client-server to Internet applications. He served as Executive Vice President of Product and Technology at CityGrid Media, LLC. He has experience and thought leadership in architecture and management of mission critical distributed systems from his consulting and management background in the financial services, e-commerce, and B2B industries. He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Ahalife Holdings Inc. He has been Director of Become, Inc., since March 2008. He serves as Member of Advisory Board of Ifonoclast, Inc. He serves as Member of Advisory Board of GreatDad LLC and AdGent Digital, Inc. He serves as a Member of Global Advisory Board of AdGent 007, Inc. He served as a Member of Advisory Board at ShortTail Media, Inc. He served as Director of Friendster, Inc. Mr. Kwon was a Member of the National Engineering Honor Society. He holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University.

Corporate Headquarters 540 University Avenue Palo Alto, California 94301 United States Phone: 415-297-0007 Fax: -- Board Members Memberships Former Chief Executive Officer, President and Director Friendster, Inc. Director Ahalife Holdings Inc. 2008-Present Director Become, Inc. Education BS Cornell University Other Affiliations CityGrid Media, LLC Hotwire, Inc. TPG Growth Cornell University Friendster, Inc. Become, Inc. ShortTail Media, Inc Ahalife Holdings Inc. GreatDad LLC Ifonoclast, Inc.

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