The full story of why Kim Jeong-bin, a Harvard graduate entrepreneur with annual sales of 19 billion won, ended up searching through trash cans on the street is revealed.

On EBS and E Channel co-produced ‘Seo Jang-hoon’s Millionaire Next Door ‘, which will air at 9:55 PM today(the 4th), Kim Jung-bin, the CEO of a recycling company with’ annual sales of 19 billion won ‘, will appear.Kim Jung-bin’s company collects discarded PET bottles and produces recycled raw materials that can replace petroleum.They developed a recycling robot that gives 10 won per PET bottle, and so far, they have compensated a total of 5.4 billion won(the equivalent of 540 million PET bottles)to ordinary citizens.Through ‘The Millionaire Next Door’, Kim Jung-bin reveals his daily life of being the first to take the lead in recycling, such as picking up PET bottles abandoned in various places or along dog walks.Kim Jung-bin, who even puts his hands in the trash can and rummages through it, laughs awkwardly, saying, “It’s hard once, but it gets easier after that.”

After graduating from Harvard Kennedy School(Graduate School of Public Policy), Kim Jung-bin worked as the CEO of a global conglomerate, Sam☆, and a steel company with annual sales of 500 billion won before founding his current recycling company.In particular, when he was the CEO of the steel company, his annual salary was 300 million won, and the accumulated amount he executed while working was a whopping 3 trillion won.As curiosity grows as to why he gave up the high salary that everyone envies and chose the difficult path of entrepreneurship, Kim Jung-bin makes an unexpected confession, saying, “The stress was so severe that I lost my hair.” The hidden story of how the ‘CEO of a steel company that spent 3 trillion won’ ended up founding a recycling company can be found on the show ‘The Millionaire Next Door.’

Seo Jang-hoon draws attention by confidently stating, “I think investors would be reluctant to have a style like Elon Musk.” While listening to Kim Jeong-bin’s secret to successful early-stage investment, Seo Jang-hoon mentions, “The tone of your speech is calm and doesn’t feel like a ‘swindler.’” He then adds, “If I were an investor, I wouldn’t do it for someone who talks too much and overdoes things, no matter how capable they are,” making everyone laugh.

The life story of Kim Jeong-bin, who built a company worth 250 billion won from trash, will be broadcast on ‘Seo Jang-hoon’s Millionaire Next Door’ on EBS and E Channel at 9:55 PM on Wednesday the 4th.

Reporter Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com jhj@donga.com

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