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Henry Kim is Co-Founder and CEO of Swiftly, a technology platform for supermarkets that brings the advantages of e-commerce to brick and mortar stores.
Henry is a serial entrepreneur and a veteran of e-commerce, grocery, and brick and mortar retail. Previously, he was the Co-Founder and President of Symphony Commerce, an end-to-end e-commerce technology platform, where he oversaw sales, marketing, finance, and managed the company’s relationships with Fortune 500 consumer packaged goods and apparel brands. Before Symphony Commerce, Henry spent three years as a Principal at The Yucaipa Global Opportunities Fund (YGOF), an investment firm focused on investing in Asia, primarily China, Japan, and Korea, where he led major acquisition opportunities in retail. Earlier in his career, Henry served as an investment professional for five years with The Yucaipa Companies, a mega-fund focused on retail investments. Prior to The Yucaipa Companies, Henry served as a financial analyst in the M&A and financial sponsors group at Morgan Stanley. He also has extensive experience as a retail operator, having owned Orange Julius and Dairy Queen franchises in addition to founding Manga Manga Japanese Bistro, a comic book and sushi concept, which he sold in 1997.

Henry graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Bowdoin College with a BA in Economics, and earned an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business.