David Jhoon Kim (born March 6, 1979) is the former CEO and co-founder of C2 Education Centers which he founded in his college dorm room along with Jim Narangajavana. Currently, he is the publisher of

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. He previously served on the boards of the Atlanta Zoo, Maryland Consumer Protection Board, the Washington Youth Foundation, and commissioner on the

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Commission on Children and Youth from 2003 to 2005. On June 7, 2017, David announced that he would be challenging Republican incumbent Rob Woodall to represent Georgia's 7th Congressional District in the

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. He placed second in the democratic primary with 25.98% of the vote, and also placed second in the runoff election with 48.18% of the vote.

Personal life

David Kim was born and raised in

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. He enrolled at the

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at the age of 12 and graduated as its valedictorian. He went to

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and earned a

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. During his freshman year, he met Jim Narangajavana. His father is

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Master Jae Kim, who along with Master Jhoon Rhee helped popularize Tae Kwon Do in the United States in the 70s and 80s. David relocated both his family and C2 Education headquarters to Duluth, Georgia in 2005 where he currently resides with wife M.J., daughter Jacqueline, and son Henry.

Education

*A.B., 2000,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, David J. 1979 births American chief executives of education-related organizations American people of Korean descent Harvard College alumni Living people People from Lutherville, Maryland People from Montgomery County, Maryland People from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Candidates in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections