User:Ginsu Linden

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Ginsu Yoon - Vice President, Business Affairs

Gene Yoon handles business and corporate development for Linden Lab. As one of the company's early business executives, he has provided leadership in a variety of areas during the company's growth, including international market development, external developer programs, legal, human resources and finance. Prior to Linden Lab, he was general counsel and corporate secretary at Airespace, a wireless LAN equipment company, where he negotiated key strategic relationships, including the sale of the company to Cisco Systems. Before joining Airespace, Gene was a principal at KTB Ventures, leading the firm's investments in wireless communications, networking equipment and semiconductors. He worked with the Airespace founders prior to joining KTB, while consulting with portfolio companies of Storm Ventures. He practiced law at Venture Law Group, advising many technology startups and venture capital firms, and at Kirkland & Ellis in New York, where his practice focused on leveraged buyouts and other complex corporate transactions. Gene received an A.B. degree from Princeton University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.

"Ginsu" is pronounced with a soft "g" like in gin, not a hard "g" like in gimlet.