John Kim is the founder and CEO of Ogee Loop AI, the orchestrator for product management work, and a Senior Industry Advisor at Permira, where he helps the Consumer and Tech investment teams drive portfolio company growth. He advises executives on product management, go-to-market strategy, and AI-driven transformation, and serves on the board of Owlet, the biometric baby monitoring company.

Previously, John was Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer at PayPal, leading its product, technology, and business organizations. Before PayPal, he held several senior roles at Expedia Group. As President of Expedia Marketplace, he ran strategy, product, technology, and operations across all of its travel businesses. He also served as President of Platform & Marketplaces. As President of Vrbo, he led its shift from subscription advertising to e-commerce and grew eCommerce revenue from $100M to $1.2B in three years. As Expedia’s Chief Product Officer, he drove five straight years of double-digit conversion growth and a nearly 10x increase in stock price.

Earlier, John helped lead product-led and self-service growth at Overture, the company that invented paid search, as its revenue grew from $37M to more than $2B. He also held roles at Yahoo!, Accenture, Bank of America, and Pelago. He advised President George W. Bush on economic policy affecting Asian American and Pacific Islander small businesses. He holds an economics degree from UC Santa Barbara and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.