– USA, CA – WEBTOON Entertainment (Nasdaq: WBTN), a leading global entertainment company and home to some of the world’s largest storytelling platforms, announced the appointment of Saeju Jeong to its Board of Directors effective June 16th, 2025, bringing nearly two decades of leadership experience scaling mission-driven consumer technology businesses.
About Saeju Jeong
As co-founder and former CEO of Noom, the leading digital health company, Saeju Jeong grew the company to unicorn status, raising over $650 million in capital, and helped millions of users worldwide improve their health through behavior change.
Saeju Jeong serves as Executive Chairman of Noom and is an active voice in the entrepreneurial community. He also serves on the board of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, and co-chairs United Korean Founders, the largest Korean founder network in the U.S.
About WEBTOON Entertainment
WEBTOON Entertainment is a leading global entertainment company and home to some of the world’s largest storytelling platforms. As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON Entertainment has transformed comics and visual storytelling for fans and creators.
With its CANVAS UGC platform empowering anyone to become a creator and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators and series, WEBTOON Entertainment’s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. WEBTOON Entertainment adaptations are available on Netflix, Prime Video, Crunchyroll, and other screens around the world, and the company’s content partners include Discord, HYBE, and DC Comics, among many others.
With approximately 150 million monthly active users, WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem of aligned brands and platforms includes WEBTOON, Wattpad–the world’s leading web novel platform–Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, Studio N, Studio LICO, WEBTOON Unscrolled, LINE MANGA, and eBookJapan, among others.
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