Ex-Morgan Stanley Banker Cleaned Houses Before Startup Took Off
- Lee’s H2O raised funds at $180 million valuation in September
- Hospitality management firm plans to expand in Southeast Asia
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John Lee cleaned houses in South Korea for six months after leaving his job at Morgan Stanley in 2014.
As a hospitality management graduate from Cornell University, the now 33-year-old entrepreneur had a bigger goal in mind: He wanted to get a foothold in a business that he thought was ripe for change. So he started out providing housekeeping services to Airbnb homes in Seoul.