Korea Fintech Leader Picks Former eBay Manager to Fill CEO Void
- Viva Republica’s Toss Securities is set to name a new leader
- Incoming CEO was key to creating popular US trading service
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Toss Securities Co., the brokerage arm of South Korea’s largest fintech startup, is close to appointing a former entrepreneur and eBay Inc. manager to the top post.
The company plans to appoint current head of product Kim Gyubin its new chief executive officer after a board meeting Thursday, people familiar with the matter said, asking to remain anonymous before an announcement. Kim is slated to take the helm of one of the country’s biggest platforms for trading US stocks, filling a vacancy created by Kim Seungyeon’s departure for personal reasons recently.