Jongwook Oh

Jongwook Oh (also known as John Oh) is a South Korean financial executive and entrepreneur with a background in quantitative finance, asset management, and digital assets. He is the co-founder of the fintech company QARASoft and the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of WaveBridge, a digital asset financial services and infrastructure company founded in 2018 that serves institutional and corporate clients across traditional and digital asset markets.^[1]​^[2]​^[4] WaveBridge operates internationally, including a presence in Lithuania, and has raised multi-million-dollar funding in Series B and earlier rounds.^[2]​^[4]​

Education

Oh is a graduate of Seoul Science High School. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Industrial Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2007. He later completed a Master of Engineering in Financial Engineering at Yonsei University in 2013.^[2]​

Career

Oh began his career in the traditional finance sector at Mirae Asset Global Investments, where he worked from 2007 to 2012. During his tenure, he served as a portfolio manager for the Bond Management and Financial Engineering teams, where his responsibilities included managing fixed income funds, enhanced index funds, and derivatives.^[2]​

In 2012, he moved to Samsung Asset Management to work as a portfolio manager on the Quant Management Team. In this role, which he held until 2014, he managed active stock funds with a focus on quantitative and dividend-oriented investment strategies.^[2]​

Oh transitioned into the fintech industry in 2014 when he co-founded QARASoft, a company that provides AI-powered robo-advisory services. He served as the company's Chief Financial Officer for four years. In 2018, he left QARASoft and co-founded WaveBridge, where he was appointed Chief Executive Officer. At WaveBridge, he leads a digital asset financial services and infrastructure company founded in 2018 that focuses on serving institutional and corporate clients in both traditional and digital asset markets, operates internationally with a presence that includes Lithuania, and has raised multi-million-dollar funding in Series B and earlier rounds.^[3]​^[1]​^[2]​^[4]​