Former Headquarter of Nexon in Seoul, South Korea.
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Native name
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주식회사 넥슨 |
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Traded as | : |
Industry | Video games |
Founded | 1994 Seoul, South Korea |
Founders | Kim Jung Ju and Jake Song |
Headquarters |
Formerly in Seoul, South Korea Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea El Segundo, California, USA Berlin, Germany Emeryville, California, USA Bangkok, Thailand |
Key people
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Can.C (dev)Owen Mahoney(CEO) Shiro Uemura (CFO) Ji Won Park (Nexon Korea Corp. CEO) Jungsoo Lee (Nexon America Inc. CEO) Keunwook (Kenny) Chang (Nexon Europe GmbH CEO) |
Revenue | ¥183.128 billion (2016) |
¥40.661 billion (2016) | |
¥20.133 billion (2016) | |
Owner | NXC Corporation in Jeju, South Korea |
Number of employees
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5,525 (Dec. 2016) |
Subsidiaries | Nexon America Inc. Nexon Europe GmbH Nexon Taiwan Ltd. Nexon Networks Corporation NEXON M Inc. Nexon Communications Co., Ltd. NEOPLE INC. NDOORS Corporation Lexian Software Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Rushmo Co., Ltd. Neon Studio Corporation NEXON GT Co., Ltd. gloops, Inc. gloops Vietnam Co.,Ltd. Nexon Space Co., Ltd. THINGSOFT Inc. Fantage.com Inc. Boolean Games Rushmo America, Inc. Big Huge Games N Media Platform Co., LTD. wellgames NSC Corporation Nexon US Holding Inc. Nexon Thailand Co., Ltd. |
Website | http://company.nexon.com/ |
Formerly in Seoul, South Korea
Tokyo, Japan
Nexon (Hangul: 넥슨; RR: Nekseun) Co., Ltd. is a South Korean global leader in online games for PC and mobile. It services over 100 titles in over 190 countries. Nexon was founded in Seoul, South Korea in 1994 by Kim Jung Ju and Jake Song. In 2011, Nexon moved its headquarters from Seoul, South Korea to Tokyo, Japan.
Nexon Group was established in Korea on December 1994 and is currently based in Japan. It also has offices located in Korea, the United States, Europe and Taiwan. Nexon developed and published its first title, Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds, in 1996, which the company continues to service. Many title releases followed such as Dark Ages: Online Roleplaying, Elemental Saga, QuizQuiz, KartRider, Elancia, and Shattered Galaxy; some of which are maintained by a company spun off of Nexon, Kru Interactive. In 2003, Nexon developed MapleStory in Korea, which later became one of their most successful titles and has been serviced for more than a decade. The game was localized in many locations such as Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, North America, Europe, Brazil, and Vietnam. Nexon is also the developer of Dungeon&Fighter, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Neople.Dungeon&Fighter is one of the most popular free-to-play online PC games in China.