Chairman of the Board, Give2Asia
Chairman & CEO, Louis Raphael/Kizan International Inc.

Mr. Kim has been serving as the Chairman & CEO of Louis Raphael / Kizan International, Inc., a men's apparel wholesale company he founded, since 1972. The company's products are sold in over 8,000 stores including Macy's, Target, Kohl's, Mervyn's, Sears, JC Penney and other department and chain stores in the United States and Canada.

In 1980, he won the Presidential Award from South Korean President Jun Do-Whan for promoting bilateral trade between the United States and Korea. In 1986, he was named "Businessman of the Year" from the Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce. Currently, he is Chairman of the Board of the Korean American Chamber of Commerce NPC. Mr. Kim has served as a Trustee of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco since 1999, and is currently a Commissioner for the museum.

Mr. Kim joined the board of Give2Asia in 2003 and was elected as the board Chairman in October 2007.

Mr. Kim was educated at El Camino College and University of California in Los Angeles, and at the Executive MBA Program at Stanford University.