# Sophie Eom

> Sophie Soowon Eom is the co-founder and CEO of Adriel, an AI-powered marketing intelligence and ad-reporting platform used by hundreds of brands and agencies across more than 20 countries. A HEC Paris finance grad turned two-time AI founder, she first built Solidware, a machine-learning credit-scoring startup that landed her on the 2017 Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list, then pivoted to fixing the chaos of cross-channel ad data. She has sat alongside Melinda Gates and Jack Ma on the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation and served on South Korea's Presidential Committee on the 4th Industrial Revolution.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Adriel
- **Organizations:** Adriel, Solidware, UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, Presidential Committee on the 4th Industrial Revolution (South Korea)
- **From:** South Korea
- **Nationality:** South Korean
- **Education:** Master's in Finance, HEC Paris
- **Known for:** Named to the 2017 Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list, Co-founded and scaled Adriel to 250+ enterprise and agency clients across 20+ countries, Founded Solidware, an AI credit-scoring startup serving major financial institutions

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Earns Master's in Finance from HEC Paris
- **2012** — Joins Oliver Wyman Financial Services as a consultant
- **2013** — Moves to AXA, where the idea of ML-based credit scoring takes shape
- **2014** — Founds Solidware, an AI startup for machine-learning predictive analysis in finance
- **2017** — Named to Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 for her work with Solidware
- **2018** — Co-founds Adriel with Olivier Duchenne
- **2021** — Serves on South Korea's Presidential Committee on the 4th Industrial Revolution (2021-22)
- **2022** — Adriel raises a Series B; total funding reaches roughly $20M
- **2024** — Adriel reaches around $5.9M revenue and 300 customers

## Achievements

- Named to the 2017 Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list
- Co-founded and scaled Adriel to 250+ enterprise and agency clients across 20+ countries
- Founded Solidware, an AI credit-scoring startup serving major financial institutions
- Member of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, alongside Melinda Gates and Jack Ma
- Member of South Korea's Presidential Committee on the 4th Industrial Revolution (2021-22)
- Raised approximately $20M in total venture funding for Adriel

## Latest updates

- **2024** — Adriel reported roughly $5.9M revenue and around 300 customers, positioning itself as AI-driven marketing intelligence for enterprises and agencies.

## Links

- Website: https://adriel.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-soowon-eom/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/AdrielMarketing
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/adrielmarketing

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Last updated: 2026-06-06