Michael ByungJu Kim

AVCJ at 25: Michael B. Kim of MBK Partners

Michael B. Kim, founding partner of MBK Partners, left The Carlyle Group in 2005 to set up his own private equity firm. The time was right, the capital was available, and there was a desire to become more local

• People
• 15 March 2013

MBK lands 2010’s biggest exit with CNS

In October 2006, the month when Partners was labeled the frontrunner to buy 60% of Taiwanese cable giant China Network Systems (CNS) for $1.6 billion, the firm was dubbed ‘fledgling’ by one global financial publication.

• Greater China
• 10 November 2010