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He is the co-founder of the fintech company QARASoft and the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of WaveBridge, a digital asset financial services and infrastructure company founded in 2018 that serves institutional and corporate clients across traditional and digital asset markets.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ebVCc0E6EQ)​[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-skiq7ZsgXx)​[\\[4\\]](#cite-id-pbcab46hhc) WaveBridge operates internationally, including a presence in Lithuania, and has raised multi-million-dollar funding in Series B and earlier rounds.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-skiq7ZsgXx)​[\\[4\\]](#cite-id-pbcab46hhc)​\n\n## Education\n\nOh is a graduate of Seoul Science High School. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Industrial Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2007. He later completed a Master of Engineering in Financial Engineering at Yonsei University in 2013.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-skiq7ZsgXx)​\n\n## Career\n\nOh began his career in the traditional finance sector at Mirae Asset Global Investments, where he worked from 2007 to 2012. During his tenure, he served as a portfolio manager for the Bond Management and Financial Engineering teams, where his responsibilities included managing fixed income funds, enhanced index funds, and derivatives.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-skiq7ZsgXx)​\n\nIn 2012, he moved to Samsung Asset Management to work as a portfolio manager on the Quant Management Team. In this role, which he held until 2014, he managed active stock funds with a focus on quantitative and dividend-oriented investment strategies.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-skiq7ZsgXx)​\n\nOh transitioned into the fintech industry in 2014 when he co-founded QARASoft, a company that provides AI-powered robo-advisory services. He served as the company's Chief Financial Officer for four years. In 2018, he left QARASoft and co-founded WaveBridge, where he was appointed Chief Executive Officer. At WaveBridge, he leads a digital asset financial services and infrastructure company founded in 2018 that focuses on serving institutional and corporate clients in both traditional and digital asset markets, operates internationally with a presence that includes Lithuania, and has raised multi-million-dollar funding in Series B and earlier rounds.[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-P24xcjNpDJ)​[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ebVCc0E6EQ)​[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-skiq7ZsgXx)​[\\[4\\]](#cite-id-pbcab46hhc)​\n","recentActivity":null,"operator":{"id":"0x1E23b34d3106F0C1c74D17f2Cd0F65cdb039b138"},"categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"tags":[{"id":"Founder"}],"images":[{"id":"QmSSfmFHJErxjjucncHFC54xXN3ZJBrzUP6yXRiaP9Z6HU","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"media":[{"name":null,"id":"QmcHEmff3e79JRs3MSpxNUGdCDTxFNTqys1Sxpigb1yvYK","size":null,"type":"GALLERY","source":"IPFS_IMG"}],"linkedWikis":{"founders":[],"blockchains":[]},"events":[{"id":"ffcf9c42-f314-4947-bc73-ed57bf731812","type":null,"date":"2007-01-01","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"country":null,"continent":null,"title":"Graduated from KAIST","description":"Graduated from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) with a Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering.","link":null},{"id":"51e5bb28-f4e7-458e-8b65-d0ffecc57719","type":null,"date":"2007-01-01","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"country":null,"continent":null,"title":"Joined Mirae Asset Global Investments","description":"Began his career as a Portfolio Manager at Mirae Asset Global Investments, managing fixed income, index funds, and derivatives.","link":null},{"title":"Joined Samsung Asset Management as Portfolio Manager on Quant Management Team","date":"2012-04-01","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Joined Samsung Asset Management as a portfolio manager on the Quant Management Team, managing active stock funds with quantitative and dividend-oriented strategies.","link":"","country":"","continent":"","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"id":"b1725bd0-c87b-41b9-a397-2d935374c995"},{"id":"fd9545bc-a312-486b-a0dc-37801ef50717","type":null,"date":"2013-01-01","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"country":null,"continent":null,"title":"Graduated from Yonsei University","description":"Earned a Master of Engineering (MEng) in Financial Engineering from Yonsei University.","link":null},{"id":"429c2ef8-b4e4-42bd-a377-7c362af82fa2","type":"DEFAULT","date":"2014-04-01","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"country":"","continent":"","title":"Co-founded QARASoft","description":"Co-founded the fintech company QARASoft, which provides AI-powered robo-advisory services, and served as its CFO.","link":""},{"id":"16d083a6-7505-4ad7-b189-c506dcf735f0","type":"DEFAULT","date":"2018-11-01","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"country":"","continent":"","title":"Became CEO of WaveBridge","description":"Assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer at WaveBridge, a company focused on building institutional infrastructure for digital assets.","link":""},{"title":"Moderated crypto session at World Knowledge Forum 2024","date":"2024-09-01","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Moderated a session on cryptocurrency and digital assets at the World Knowledge Forum 2024.","link":"","country":"","continent":"","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"id":"2c7d326d-8bb3-46d6-82b9-e93d42327511"}],"founderWikis":[],"blockchainWikis":[],"metadata":[{"id":"website","value":"https://wavebridge.com/en/"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jongwook-oh-45564a74/"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://x.com/alwaysjong"},{"id":"words-changed","value":"237"},{"id":"percent-changed","value":"71.97"},{"id":"blocks-changed","value":"content, tags, summary"},{"id":"wiki-score","value":"53"},{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"ebVCc0E6EQ\",\"url\":\"https://wavebridge.com/en/about\",\"description\":\"WaveBridge company about page\",\"timestamp\":1758221541658},{\"id\":\"skiq7ZsgXx\",\"description\":\"Jongwook Oh | LinkedIn\",\"timestamp\":1758221892437,\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jongwook-oh-45564a74/\"},{\"id\":\"P24xcjNpDJ\",\"description\":\"Jongwook Oh | CrunchBase\",\"timestamp\":1758221911557,\"url\":\"https://www.crunchbase.com/person/john-jongwook-oh\"},{\"id\":\"pbcab46hhc\",\"url\":\"https://tracxn.com/d/companies/wavebridge/__EeZ5EJPHbyFn0XfaHh5M2iUPwXqQtYEIBMMSoPKR0fE\",\"description\":\"Wavebridge Company Profile | Tracxn\",\"timestamp\":1788044086376}]"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmW4QyQSc36BHnNpVt49efXe3c9KUv7AMHr9546veQnAfd"},{"id":"commit-message","value":"Update Jongwook Oh wiki: expand summary, revise timeline, update tags"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmW4QyQSc36BHnNpVt49efXe3c9KUv7AMHr9546veQnAfd"}],"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0x1E23b34d3106F0C1c74D17f2Cd0F65cdb039b138"},"views":126}