Mark Tetto (born March 1, 1980) is an

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who lives and performs in

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as a television personality and businessman. He is currently a cast member in the variety show '' Non Summit'' and ''

Where Is My Friend's Home ''Where Is My Friend's Home'' () is a television show on JTBC in South Korea which features the cast members of another JTBC show, ''Non-Summit'', as they visit the home countries of the ''Non-Summit'' non-Korean members and their friends. The s ...

''.

Personal

He was born to Italian parents who were immigrants to the United States. After moving to South Korea, he gave himself a Korean name "Tae Hyeon Jun (태현준)" with his Korean last name "Tae" inspired by his original family name "Tetto." He is known to be living in a traditional Korean house ( hanok) located in Bukchon, Seoul. The beautifully designed and structured interiors of his house and his private collection of ancient Korean porcelains were often featured in TV shows. He also named his house as "Pyeonghaengjae" which can be translated as "parallel' in Korean with the intention of also referring to a place where many people and friends can peacefully interact in a parallel space surrounded by nature. Mark has recently reported that he has been engaged in learning the Korean string instrument, gayageum.

Education and Work

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from

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in 2002, and with a Master of Business Administration from the

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in 2007. From 2002 to 2004, he was Supervisor and General Manager for

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in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Between 2007 and 2010, he was an associate in the Investment Banking Division for

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. He moved to South Korea to work as a Senior Manager in the Corporate Strategic Planning Team for

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from 2010 to 2014. He was with

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as a

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for about a year. In addition to his native

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, he speaks fluent Korean and Italian.

Career

Due to appearances in April 2015, on the ''Non-Summit'' spin-off ''Where Is My Friend's Home'', in

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

, and the subsequent April 2015 Nepal earthquake and the May 2015 Nepal earthquake, he became a spokesperson for

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and the two television shows, along with Nepalese cast member

Sujan Shakya Sujan Ratna Shakya ( ne, सुजन रत्न शाक्य; born 10 March 1988) is a Nepalese television personality based in South Korea. He was a cast member in the talk show ''Non-Summit'' and reality-travel show ''Where Is My Friend's ...

, for outreach.

Filmography

Television series

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tetto, Mark 1980 births Living people Morgan Stanley employees Samsung people American television personalities American expatriates in South Korea Businesspeople from New Jersey American people of Italian descent Princeton University alumni Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni