To maintain simplicity across all the provided services, Kakao applications can be purchased and logged in with links to KakaoTalk. With 93 percent of South Korea's users on KakaoTalk, the free downloads of the games Ani Pang and Dragon Flight, which can only be played with a Kakao Talk account, were deemed 'national' games. In August 2013, three of globally ranked top 10 Android games (according to analytics provider App Annie) are tied into the KakaoTalk platform- Everybody’s Marble, Cookie Run, and Anipang.

Manson Yeo and Sean Joh serve as the current co-CEOs. (then known as Kakao Inc.) is based in Seoul, South Korea.

It was founded in 2006 by Kim Bum-soo, the former CEO of NHN Corporation (the organization that emerged from the Hangame and merger) as Kakao Inc. Kakao Corp is the company behind KakaoTalk, which serves as its main platform and flagship application. History 2006-2014: Founding of Kakao Corp. Īs of March 2022, the company is competing with Naver Corporation for dominance in the Japanese web comic and web novel market. By May 2017, the app had 220 million registered users and 47 million active monthly users. The company has gained further prominence from KakaoTalk, a free mobile instant messaging application for smartphones with text and call features. In January 2016, Kakao acquired a 76.4% stake in LOEN Entertainment, a large South Korean entertainment company, for $1.5 billion. In May 2015, the company acquired Path, an American social media company that had become successful in Indonesia.

In 2015 it was rebranded once more, reverting simply to Kakao. The company was renamed Daum Kakao in 2014. It was formed through the merger of Daum Communications and the original Kakao Inc in 2010. Kakao Corporation ( Korean: 카카오) is a South Korean Internet conglomerate headquartered in Jeju City.

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