Choi Soo-yeon Took Office as Naver CEO in March 2022
Choi Soo-yeon became CEO and inside director of Naver on March 14, 2022, after approval at the shareholders’ meeting and a board vote. Naver announced the choice in November 2021, when she headed its Global Business Support division. She is Naver’s second woman CEO.
| Role | Chief Executive Officer |
|---|---|
| Company | NAVER Corporation |
| Headquarters | Seongnam, South Korea |
| Industry | Technology |
| In role since | 2022 |
| Born | 1981 |
| Education | College of Engineering, Seoul National University; Yonsei University Law School; Harvard Law School |
| Company website | www.navercorp.com |
Engineering, Law School and a Return to Naver
- Studied engineering at Seoul National University
- 2005: joined NHN, Naver’s predecessor
- Studied at Yonsei University Law School and Harvard Law School
- 2019: rejoined Naver in the Global Business Support division, later as its head
- March 2022: CEO of Naver
Her first term as CEO ran three years. At the March 2025 shareholders’ meeting at Naver’s Green Factory in Seongnam, she said the company would focus on “On-Service AI”, building AI into search, advertising and shopping, and launched an AI Briefing feature based on its HyperCLOVA X model the next day.
Naver’s Revenue and AI Products in 2025 and 2026
Naver is South Korea’s main internet company. It reported 2025 revenue of 12 trillion won (about $8.2 billion), up 12.1%, while net profit fell 5.8%.
AI drove more than half of the growth in advertising revenue in the first quarter of 2026. Nvidia has agreed to buy a 4.5% stake in Naver for $1 billion.
