Young Sohn
Founding Managing Partner, Walden Catalyst Ventures
Chairman of the Board, Harman International
Young Sohn is a Silicon Valley executive and investor and currently Founding Managing Partner at Walden Catalyst Ventures, a $550+ million early-stage venture capital fund dedicated to deep tech investments focused on data and AI in North America, Europe and Israel.
Previously Corporate President and Chief Strategy Officer for Samsung Electronics, as well as CEO of two successful Silicon Valley public companies (Inphi, Oak) and board member of Arm, Cadence, Cymer (ASML), and others, he now serves as Chairman of the Board of HARMAN International.Young has been a key seed investor in several innovative companies, including Berkeley Lights, AI21 Labs, Zoom Video, Graphcore and TTTech Auto. Young is also a co-founder of the Extreme Tech Challenge, a global startup competition inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Previously Corporate President and Chief Strategy Officer for Samsung Electronics, as well as CEO of two successful Silicon Valley public companies (Inphi, Oak) and board member of Arm, Cadence, Cymer (ASML), and others, he now serves as Chairman of the Board of HARMAN International.Young has been a key seed investor in several innovative companies, including Berkeley Lights, AI21 Labs, Zoom Video, Graphcore and TTTech Auto. Young is also a co-founder of the Extreme Tech Challenge, a global startup competition inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.