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The announcement was made on June 6, 2013 on BrickLink.com
Statements made both Eliska Jezkova Mother of Daniel Jezek and Jung-Ju “Jay” Kim
the new owner of BrickLink.com
From BrickLink website:
To the BrickLink Community:
About a week ago I posted a special message to thank all of you for supporting
us over the nearly three years since my son Dan died. I thank all those who sent
personal messages to me about what BrickLink has meant to them. In my message, I
mentioned some progress we made, and also the challenges we faced. Good news
remaining is that, despite the challenges, business has been brisk and even
impressive. When I took over the website in the name of my son, the
representational visitor log (front page of BrickLink) was at about 50 million
visitors. Today, it is at nearly 144 million visitors and counting. Nearly
two-thirds of all those who visited BrickLink over the 13 years since its
inception have arrived here in the short time we’ve run BrickLink.com. Also,
we’ve partnered with security experts and have been able to make the website
safer than it has ever been. I’m proud of these facts and I again thank all of
you for your patience in sticking with us to this day.
But it’s a new era, and much needs to be done to bring BrickLink to a higher
level and to become the site whose potential all of you see and we want to reach
as well.
Thus, I am announcing that I am stepping down as CEO of BrickLink and have
handed the website over to the committed and competent hands of a new owner,
Jung-Ju “Jay” Kim, founder of Nexon, one of the world’s largest online game
companies.
I completely endorse Jay to take the reins of BrickLink. He has the knowledge,
resources and capabilities needed for the job. He has a passion, not just for
all things LEGO, but also for BrickLink. Like most of you, he has been a member
of the community for years. He has tremendous respect for what Dan accomplished
while he was alive. He also has a compelling desire to carry forward Dan’s
vision and his guiding principles that were laid down more than a decade ago.
Jay and his team are ready to work toward “BrickLink 2.0”, as well as continuing
hardware architecture and application upgrades.
It’s a bright future for BrickLink, and I intend to be a part of it along with
the rest of the BrickLink Community. Larry and I will be staying on in an
advisory-consulting role to the new owners. Eric Smith will be staying on as
Admin to ensure a smooth, seamless transition with minimal interruption.
Part of that transition will include relocation of the BrickLink site to a
different data center. Later today you will learn more about that server
relocation and the migration schedule, which has been carefully designed to
minimize downtime.
It’s been a great three years. I did my best and I am sorry that the hacking
incidents waylaid us from doing more, earlier. I am proud of the amazing growth
of BrickLink, thanks to all of you.
As hard as it was to give up our treasured BrickLink that Dan loved so much, I
felt it was the right thing to do, not for me, but for the Community. And, as
always, it is that worldwide community that matters to me most, just as it
mattered to Dan. That is why I am passing the torch to new leadership. It is
what Dan would have wanted me to do.
As I mentioned, I will remain on with BrickLink and will act as an ambassador
and link to BrickLink’s lineal past. Please feel free to contact me any time at
eliska@bricklink.com. I still want to hear from you.
Thank you and let’s all look forward to tomorrow.
Best regards,
Eliska Jezkova, former CEO of BrickLink.com
Message from Jung-Ju “Jay” Kim, founder of the online game company Nexon,
incoming owner of BrickLink.com:
(As of June 5th, the Hong Kong-based company Bricklink Limited has acquired the
assets of BrickLink.com. Bricklink Limited is a subsidiary of NXMH.)
Dear BrickLink Community,
I am extremely pleased to be taking over the operations of BrickLink.com. I’ve
been a LEGO fan for 40 years and an avid user of BrickLink.com for over a
decade. My first plans are to upgrade the website, and do our best to make users
happier and more prosperous, while staying true to the original vision of
BrickLink.com founder, Daniel Jezek. We will work hard in order to ensure that
BrickLink.com becomes stable, secure and as user-friendly as possible.
I want to sincerely thank the family of Daniel Jezek, especially his mother
Eliska, as well as the BrickLink.com Community, for the opportunity to upgrade
and operate such a beloved website as BrickLink.com. In order to expedite the
process of renovating BrickLink.com, I and Bricklink Limited will be asking
users to e-mail us with their ideas for the improved functionality of the site,
as well as any current issues that need to be addressed in order to provide
users with the best possible selling and buying experience. We’ll establish
those lines of communication very soon.
Thank you for your continued patronage and support of BrickLink.com
Jung-Ju Kim, incoming owner of BrickLink.com
Note:
About Jung-Ju “Jay” Kim assuming the information is correct. Source from
Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/profile/kim-jung-ju/
General information:
Name: Jung-Ju “Jay” Kim
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion as of April 2013
At a Glance
Age: 45
Source of Wealth: Nexon, self-made
Country of Citizenship: South Korea
Education: Bachelor of Arts / Science, Seoul National University; Master of
Science, Korea Tech
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
Forbes Lists
#11 Korea’s 50 Richest
#882 Billionaires
#11 in South Korea
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