Naver Corporation
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The Naver Corporation (Korean: 네이버 주식회사) is a South Korean internet conglomerate headquartered in Seongnam that operates the search engine Naver. Naver established itself as an early pioneer in the use of user-generated content through the creation of the online Q&A platform Knowledge iN.
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 Naver's Headquarters on Green Factory | |
Native name | 네이버 주식회사 |
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Romanized name | Neibeo Jusikhoesa |
| Company type | Public |
| KRX: 035420 | |
| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded | June 2, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-06-02) |
| Founder | Lee Hae-jin [ko] |
| Headquarters | Green Factory, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, South Korea |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Choi Soo-Yeon [ko], CEO |
| Revenue |  ₩ 6.8 trillion (2021)[1] |
| ₩ 1.3 trillion (2021) | |
| ₩ 16.4 trillion (2021) | |
| Total assets | ₩ 33.6 trillion (2021) |
Number of employees | 4,103 (excl. subsidiaries, 2021)[2] |
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| Website | www |
On August 1, 2013, Naver decided to split with Hangame, a corporation which it had grown together with as NHN Corporation for 13 years.[4] On October 1, 2013, the company adopted its current name, Naver Corporation, in order to reflect the change, thus restoring its pre-merger name. Hangame is now overseen by NHN Entertainment Corporation. Naver's current affiliates include Snow, Naver Labs, Naver Webtoon, NAVER Cloud, and Works Mobile. The company is currently cooperating with IT startups in order to evolve into a tech-based platform.