W. Chan Kim
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W. Chan Kim (born 1951) is a South Korean business theorist. He is a Professor of Strategy and Management at INSEAD, and co-director of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute in Fontainebleau, France. He is known as co-author of the 2005 book Blue Ocean Strategy.
Born in Korea, Kim was educated at Ross School of Business, where late 1970s he started his academic career eventually becoming Professor. In 1992 he moved to France, where he became Professor of Strategy and Management at INSEAD, and co-director of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute in Fontainebleau, France.
Kim has served on the board of multiple multinationals and is Fellow of the World Economic Forum.
In 2008 he was awarded the Nobels Colloquia Prize for Leadership on Business and Economic Thinking. He was ranked second in the Thinkers50 of the most influential management thinkers alive.
