| Brian Lee | |
| Birth Name: | Brian Sung Lee |
| Birth Date: | 15 March 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Seoul, South Korea |
| Occupation: | Entrepreneur |
| Education: | University of California, Los Angeles (BS, JD) |
Brian Sung Lee[1] (born March 15, 1971)[2] [3] [4] is a South Korean-American entrepreneur who co-founded LegalZoom, ShoeDazzle, and The Honest Company.
Lee was an attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and a former manager at Deloitte. Lee attended Servite High School in Anaheim, graduated with a B.A. in Economics/Business from UCLA, and received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law.
In March 2001, Lee, along with Robert Shapiro, Brian P. Y. Liu, and Edward R. Hartman co-founded and launched Legalzoom.com, an online legal technology and services company.[5] [6] [7]
In May 2009, Lee, Kim Kardashian, Robert Shapiro, and MJ Eng co-founded and launched ShoeDazzle.com, an online fashion subscription service.[8]
Lee, Jessica Alba, Christopher Gavigan, and Sean Kane co-founded The Honest Company, a consumer goods company.[9]
Lee has been a managing partner of BAM Ventures, a venture capital firm, since 2017.
In 2022, Lee and Derek Jeter co-founded the Arena Club, which was described as a digital sports card-collecting platform.[10]
Lee was named one of the "25 most notable Korean-American entrepreneurs" by Forbes magazine in the year 2009.[11] In 2014, Lee and the other co-founders of The Honest Company were recognized as the Emerging Entrepreneurs of the Year by Ernst & Young at their award show.[12]