# Ingwon Chae

> Ingwon Chae is the New York-based co-founder and CEO of Glencoco, a marketplace connecting businesses with sales professionals around qualified meetings. An MIT economics graduate and former Morgan Stanley interest-rate options trader, he worked in operations and demand generation at Verkada and growth at Wiz before founding Glencoco with Jason Bao in 2022. His earlier projects include producing MIT’s 2012 Gangnam Style parody.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Glencoco
- **Organizations:** Glencoco, Wiz, Verkada, Morgan Stanley, Korea Finance Society
- **Education:** B.S. in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia Law School, Phillips Exeter Academy
- **Known for:** Co-founded Glencoco, which announced $3 million in seed funding led by Felicis and Crossbeam in November 2023., Produced MIT Gangnam Style, which had exceeded four million views by November 6, 2012., Reported 2,100 meetings and more than 600 sales-qualified opportunities in Glencoco’s first six months, in a January 2024 company update.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Produced MIT Gangnam Style with director Eddie Ha and star Richard Yoon.
- **2019** — Worked as an interest-rate options trader at Morgan Stanley; recalled this period in a later public post.
- **2020** — Published sales-career essays while working in operations at Verkada.
- **2021-2022** — Served as director of global growth at Wiz before founding Glencoco.
- **2022** — Co-founded Glencoco with Jason Bao; founder role listed from September.
- **2023** — Glencoco released its marketplace in June and announced a $3 million seed round in November.
- **2024** — Published the first six-month marketplace review in January; Dunamu & Partners announced an approximately KRW 2 billion investment in October.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Glencoco, which announced $3 million in seed funding led by Felicis and Crossbeam in November 2023.
- Produced MIT Gangnam Style, which had exceeded four million views by November 6, 2012.
- Reported 2,100 meetings and more than 600 sales-qualified opportunities in Glencoco’s first six months, in a January 2024 company update.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Glencoco’s current individual-sales page identifies Chae as founder and CEO and lists contractor eligibility in 35 jurisdictions.
- **2026-05** — Glencoco states that cumulative gross transfers to callers exceeded $2.27 million as of May 2026; this is a company-reported payout figure.
- **2024-10** — Dunamu & Partners announced an approximately KRW 2 billion investment in Glencoco.

## Links

- Website: https://www.glencoco.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingwon

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