"Rash collection 19 billion KRW" Kim Jung-bin, CEO of a recycling company, said, "I want to become a rich man who spends his accumulated wealth for society," he said, expressing the direction of a solid life.
The EBS and E-Channel co-production 'Seo Jang-hoon's Neighbor Millionaires' (hereinafter 'Neighbor Millionaires') aired on the 4th featured Kim Jung-bin, CEO of a recycling company with annual sales of 19 billion won and corporate value of 250 billion won. Kim Jung-bin's company is a company that produces renewable raw materials that can replace oil with discarded plastic bottles.
He is trying to contribute to reducing carbon emissions by creating high-quality renewable raw materials," he said, introducing his business. In addition, Kim Jung-bin's company is also providing an opportunity for anyone to join in protecting the environment through 1,496 separate collection robots that turn garbage into money.
Kim Jung-bin, a graduate of the world's most prestigious Harvard University, confessed the difficult process of getting to the current position. He graduated early from a four-year university in Gangwon-do, but the job market was cold to a graduate of a local university. To overcome this reality, he went to Harvard to study and fought fiercely to pay for tuition. After graduation, he became the CEO of a large company and a steel company with annual sales of 500 billion won and started a current recycling company. When he worked for a steel company, he received an annual salary of 300 million won and was in a position to execute a cumulative cost of 3 trillion won, confessing that `the stress was severe enough to cause hair loss due to responsibility.' Seo Jang-hoon responded, `When I was a player, I played for 6 out of 10 professional basketball teams. If you give me more money, I expect more." At the same time, he nailed "There's no place that's more convenient for me."
As for the reason why he chose the recycling business out of numerous businesses, Kim Jung-bin said, "I wanted to choose a difficult problem and solve it as a business" he said. So in 2016, he rented a three-pyeong conference room of his senior company and started a business, but "Will recycling make money?We had difficulties in the early days amid the gaze of ". In the meantime, thanks to an investor who recognized his potential, he was able to launch the product, and achieved a cumulative investment of 40 billion won in seven years after its foundation. It has now grown into a company with 180 employees and a recycling plant of 4,000 pyeong. Finally, Kim Jung-bin emphasized 'Life with guilt'. He said "Humans are cared for by the Earth's ecosystem from the moment they are born to the day they die, but rather than repay them, they live by damaging the Earth. Even if it's uncomfortable, you have to feel guilty about that", he raised his voice.
