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Fortune
Nicholas Gordon

The CEO leading 'Korea's Google' in its battle against Big Tech

(Credit: Seihon Cho)

Internet firm Naver has earned its nickname—Korea’s Google—by pulling off an improbable feat: It dominates South Korea’s search market, having defended its turf from Google, the world’s top search engine, whose revenue is 40 times as large as Naver’s.

As of September 2023, Naver controlled 59% of Korea’s search market to Google’s 31%.

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