David Jhoon Kim (born March 6, 1979) is the former CEO and co-founder of C2 Education Centers which he founded in his college dorm room along with Jim Narangajavana. Currently, he is the publisher of

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. He previously served on the boards of the Atlanta Zoo, Maryland Consumer Protection Board, the Washington Youth Foundation, and commissioner on the Montgomery County Commission on Children and Youth from 2003 to 2005. On June 7, 2017, David announced that he would be challenging Republican incumbent Rob Woodall to represent Georgia's 7th Congressional District.

Personal life

David Kim was born and raised in

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. He enrolled at the

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at the age of 12 and graduated as its valedictorian. He went to

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and earned a

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. During his freshman year, he met Jim Narangajavana. His father is

Tae Kwon Do ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

Master Jae Kim, who along with Master

Jhoon Rhee Rhee Jhoon-goo (January 7, 1932 – April 30, 2018), commonly known as Jhoon Rhee or Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee, was a South Korean master of Taekwondo who is widely recognized as the 'Father of American Taekwondo' for introducing this martial art ...

helped popularize Tae Kwon Do in the United States in the 70s and 80s. David relocated both his family and C2 Education headquarters to Duluth, Georgia in 2005 where he currently resides with wife M.J., daughter Jacqueline, and son Henry.

Education

*A.B., 2000,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, David J. 1979 births American chief executives of education-related organizations American people of Korean descent Harvard College alumni Living people People from Lutherville, Maryland People from Montgomery County, Maryland People from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida