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Brian Lee
Born
Brian Sung Lee

(1971-03-15) March 15, 1971 (age 52)
Seoul, South Korea
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BS, JD)
OccupationEntrepreneur

Brian Sung Lee[1] (born March 15, 1971)[2][3][4] is a South Korean-American entrepreneur who co-founded LegalZoom, ShoeDazzle, and The Honest Company.

Education and career

Lee was an attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and a former manager at Deloitte. Lee attended Servite High School in Anaheim, graduated with a B.A. in Economics/Business from UCLA, and received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law.[citation needed]

In March 2001, Lee, along with Robert Shapiro, Brian P. Y. Liu, and Edward R. Hartman co-founded and launched Legalzoom.com, an online legal technology and services company.[5][6][7]

In May 2009, Lee, Kim Kardashian, Robert Shapiro, and MJ Eng co-founded and launched ShoeDazzle.com, an online fashion subscription service.[8]

Lee, Jessica Alba, Christopher Gavigan, and Sean Kane co-founded The Honest Company, a consumer goods company.[9]

Lee has been a managing partner of BAM Ventures, a venture capital firm, since 2017.[10]

In 2022, Lee and Derek Jeter co-founded the Arena Club, which was described as a digital sports card-collecting platform.[10]

Recognition

Lee was named one of the "25 most notable Korean-American entrepreneurs" by Forbes magazine in the year 2009.[11] In 2014, Lee and the other co-founders of The Honest Company were recognized as the Emerging Entrepreneurs of the Year by Ernst & Young at their award show.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Brian Sung Lee Profile at Martindale.com". martindale.com. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  2. ^ "Honest Company CEO Brian Lee Celebrates His Birthday By Talking IPO Possibilities At SXSW". techcrunch.com. 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  3. ^ "Entrepreneur Brian Lee is business partner to the stars - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. 2013-02-09. Archived from the original on 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  4. ^ United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (California, 1992-2007)
  5. ^ First online dating, then online wedding planning, now this (22 January 2004). USA Today. Last accessed 17 April 2009
  6. ^ "LLRXBuzz - March 12, 2001 | LLRX.com". Archived from the original on 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  7. ^ Legal Advice on the Web (23 May 2002). NY Times. Last accessed 17 April 2009.
  8. ^ Los Angeles Business. "Kim Kardashian’s ShoeDazzle gets $40 million financings." May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  9. ^ Del Ray, Jason (February 9, 2017). "Jessica Alba's Honest Company is contemplating a CEO change". Vox.
  10. ^ a b Gaydos, Ryan (September 8, 2022). "Derek Jeter gets into sports card world with launch of new collecting platform". Fox Business.
  11. ^ "Bankers, Grocers and Lots of Kims". Forbes. 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  12. ^ Ellingson, Annlee (June 23, 2014). "EY celebrates L.A. bizzers at Entrepreneur of the Year Awards".

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