Young Sohn

Young Sohn is a Korean-American tech executive, entrepreneur, and venture investor focused on deep tech, AI, robotics, and next-gen computing. He is a founding managing partner at Walden Catalyst Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing globally in deep tech across AI, semiconductors and robotics. Sohn is also the Chairman of HARMAN International, and serves on the board of Cadence Design Systems and ARM. He was formerly President and Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung Electronics, where he led the company’s strategic push into automotive, AI, cloud and infrastructure. Sohn was instrumental in Samsung’s acquisition of HARMAN, and launched the Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center.
Sohn was born in Seoul and grew up in Bowie, Maryland. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.S. from MIT Sloan School of Management.