Young Sohn
Managing Partner at HARMAN
Young Sohn
Managing Partner at HARMAN
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Managing Partner
2021 - Current
Walden Catalyst is a venture capital firm helping early-stage companies in the U.S., Europe, and Israel build the next generation of category-defining businesses in deep tech. We back the bold and the daring—trailblazers who are changing the world and making life better for all of us. Walden Catalyst’s inaugural fund has announced a closing at over $550 million and is focused on early stage deep-tech investments.
Chairman Of The Board
2017
As President of Samsung, initiated and led the $8 billion Harman acquisition. Harman International is a global leader in connected car technology, lifestyle audio innovations, design and analytics, cloud services and IoT solutions.
Co-Founder
2015
At VivaTech 2019, relaunched a global startup competition dedicated to equipping a new generation of innovators with the resources, expertise, and support to develop emerging technology that can impact the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Chairman of Semiconductor Advisory Board
2024
https://semiconductor.samsung.com/
Board Member
2024
Building the Future of Computing on Arm
Board Of Directors
2012
Cadence is a leading electronic design automation and engineering innovator with a $28 billion market cap.
Advisor
2023
Astra Protocol is a decentralized KYC platform for Web3. Onboarding the next billion users to Web3
Corporate President and Chief Strategy Officer
2012 - 2021
Formerly the Corporate President and Chief Strategy Officer in charge of the company's global innovation strategy and responsible for a $2 billion fund investing in emerging businesses worldwide in areas including AI, digital health, IoT and data-driven technology.
Senior Advisor
2012 - 2020
Silver Lake is the global leader in technology investing with over $43 billion in combined assets under management and committed capital.
Board of Director and Chairman of Asia Advisory Board
2006 - 2015
Developed and supported corporate strategies for the leading supplier of microprocessor technology. ARM was acquired by Softbank in 2016 for $32 billion—its then largest ever investment.