As South Korea goes, so goes the world in cell phone, flat screen, and broadband technologies. Where will the Korean bellwether move next? Korean stock-market specialist and fund-manager Henry Seggerman sees Korean adoption of two technologies—touchscreens and "cloud computing"—as portentous of a seismic shift in how people will use computers around the world, as well as an opportunity for Korean companies to become a driving force in their growth. Already, Apple Computer's iPad and acquisition of Lala.com are telling evidence of the global technology industry's recognition of the transformative power of touch interfaces and "the cloud."

Global Korea Roundtable

Wednesday, May 12, 2010





About the Speaker
 
Henry Seggerman is manager of Korea International Investment Fund (KIIF), the oldest hedge fund invested in South Korea’s stock market. From its launch in 1992 to February, 2010, KIIF has outperformed Korea’s KOSPI index by an unrivalled 374 percent, rising 22 percent per year on average. Seggerman, a graduate of the University of Michigan, has visited over 150 Korean listed companies and numerous government ministries and NGOs, and has crusaded as an activist shareholder for chaebol reforms. His management company was the first American company licensed by the Korean government to provide investment advisory services in Korea. Seggerman also writes a column for the Korea Times and has been a contributor to such publications as FinanceAsia, Money Today, Maeil Business Daily, Bloomberg Television, The Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Seoul Economic Daily, Korea Economic Daily, and the Far East Economic Review.