Aaron Kim

Advisor

Aaron Kim is co-founder and Managing Partner of Valparaiso Capital Partners, an Asia-focused private equity firm regionally based in Singapore. He has been involved in private equity principal investing since 1995 in Asia, leveraging his experience in technology, investment banking, and real estate development, including BSL-2 biology and chemistry laboratory facilities—directly managing over $2 billion in transactions.

Prior to Valparaiso, he was Executive Director and head of operations at AXA Japan when it acquired Nippon Group Life in 2000 for $2 billion, where he was responsible for IT and operations, as well as business restructuring activities. From 1997 to 1999, he advised the Brunei Investment & Commercial Bank, which is wholly owned by the Brunei Investment Agency, the nation’s sovereign wealth fund. From 1990 to 1997, he was Vice President at Citibank in New York, Hong Kong, and Singapore in corporate finance, advisory and strategic planning roles.

Mr. Kim has a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration and Master’s in Economics from Boston University. He has working fluency in Japanese and Korean, and he is originally from Menlo Park, California.