Bio

Yoo Jin Kim is a Partner at Lee Equity Partners. Prior to joining Lee Equity, Mr. Kim was a Principal at Bain Capital, a global private equity investment firm. Mr. Kim joined Bain Capital in 1994 and his entire tenure was in the North American Private Equity group in the Boston and New York offices. Mr. Kim was involved with a number of successful growth-oriented investments, including Domino’s Pizza, Integrated Circuit Systems, Stream International, Innophos, and Wesley Jessen VisionCare. Mr. Kim has generalist investment experience in multiple sectors including consumer/retail, chemical, distribution, healthcare, media/technology, and industrial sectors. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Mr. Kim was a strategy consultant at Corporate Decisions, Inc, focused on growth strategies for several sectors, including healthcare, consumer/retail, and media. Mr. Kim serves on the board of directors of Aimbridge Hospitality, Cross Mediaworks, Eating Recovery Center, Interluxe Holdings, Papa Murphy’s International, and Paragon Industries. Mr. Kim received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and received an A.B. in Biochemistry from Dartmouth College, with Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude honors.