Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
91
/100
Trajectory Rank
Business
Consumer apps (messaging, email, search, etc)
Founded
12 years ago
October 2014
HQ
Jeju City, South Korea
Valuation
$10 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#378
Company type
Public
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Kakao is a Consumer apps (messaging, email, search, etc) company. It is currently valued at $10 billion as a public company. The company was founded in 2014.
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Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
72%
200+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Better than 64% of tech co's
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Rankings and awards
2026
TIME World's Best Companies #101
2025
Layoffs
No known layoffs
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History
Associated billionaires(Sources: Forbes, Bloomberg, Wikipedia)
Kim Beom-su
$2.7 B
IPO date
Oct 15, 2010
16 years ago
