# Arum Kang

> Arum Kang co-founded Coffee Meets Bagel with her sisters Soo and Dawoon, launching a curated dating service in 2012. A Wharton graduate and Harvard MBA with experience at Avon and Amazon, she helped shape its focus on serious relationships, declined a proposed $30 million Shark Tank buyout with her sisters, and moved from CEO to advisor in 2025.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Advisor at Coffee Meets Bagel
- **Organizations:** Coffee Meets Bagel, Amazon, Avon Products, Synovate, Lord & Taylor
- **Nationality:** Korean American
- **Education:** Undergraduate degree, marketing, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Coffee Meets Bagel, a dating service launched in 2012 with a curated daily introduction model., Helped secure the company’s $600,000 seed round led by Lightbank in 2012., Built a company that had raised $11.2 million in venture backing by early 2016.

## Career timeline

- **2004-2005** — Assistant buyer at Lord & Taylor.
- **2005-2006** — Associate study director at Synovate.
- **2006-2009** — Senior analyst at Avon Products.
- **2010** — Summer product manager role at Amazon.
- **2011** — Graduated from Harvard Business School and began building Coffee Meets Bagel with sister Soo.
- **2012** — Private beta launched on Valentine’s Day; public launch in New York in April; $600,000 seed funding led by Lightbank later that year.
- **2015** — Appeared on Shark Tank with sisters Soo and Dawoon and declined Mark Cuban’s proposed $30 million buyout.
- **2025** — Transitioned from CEO to advisor as Quincy Yang took leadership of the US and Canada and Shn Juay led other markets.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Coffee Meets Bagel, a dating service launched in 2012 with a curated daily introduction model.
- Helped secure the company’s $600,000 seed round led by Lightbank in 2012.
- Built a company that had raised $11.2 million in venture backing by early 2016.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Moved from CEO to advisor during Coffee Meets Bagel’s regional leadership transition.
- **2026-04** — Discussed Coffee Meets Bagel data on serious relationship intentions and Gen Z contact-exchange timing in an Inc. interview published April 30.

## Links

- Website: https://www.coffeemeetsbagel.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arumkang
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/arumkang

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Last updated: 2026-10-08