| James Sun | |||||||||
| Birth Place: | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||
| Occupation: | Founder, CEO of Pirq.com | ||||||||
| Alma Mater: | University of Washington, Seattle | ||||||||
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James Sun (; is an entrepreneur, television host, and public speaker. He is the owner of Dramabeans.com and Beautytap.com [1] He is also the owner and cofounder of Devblock.net, a software agency focused on AI and digital transformation. He was the former CEO and Founder of Pirq.com, which was an integrated payment & loyalty application for small and medium sized businesses which was successfully acquired by one of the largest payment processing companies, iPayment, in the U.S. This application has been deployed to over 10,000 merchants through a successful integration with iPayment. James was the Senior Vice President of Strategy and Products for iPayment for 2.5 years where he launched new payment integrations, technology, and products through a distribution to 120K small business merchant accounts. During his career, James worked at Intel Corporation as a database programmer and Deloitte Consulting as a management consultant for several Fortune 500 clients including Honeywell, Microsoft, Daimler Chrysler, and Boeing.
James's family immigrated to the U.S. when he was three years old, and his curiosity for business and entrepreneurship began at the early age of 11 where he started a window cleaning marketing service. At the ripe age of 13, he started reading The Wall Street Journal and began his studies into the world of business and finance. After graduating high school, he started an investment company called Sun & Associates with $5,000 at the age of 18 and became a multimillionaire by age 22 when he graduated (Cum Laude) from the University of Washington.
He has previous publishing background as one of the owners of Koream magazine, which was an award-winning monthly magazine dedicated to news, commentary, politics, lifestyle and culture published in the United States. It was the oldest and most widely circulated English-language monthly magazine for the Asian American community. He was also the owner of Audrey Magazine, which was an award-winning national publication covering the Asian experience, as seen from the perspective of Asian American women. Audrey covered Asians and Asian Americans in popular culture, fashion and beauty trends, lifestyle and travel, as well as social and cultural issues relevant to Asians and Asian Americans.
James also comes with extensive media marketing experience where he was the host of a BBC television program called Sun Tzu War on Business.[2] Sun appeared on Season 6 of Donald Trump's reality show The Apprentice. James is a highly sought out speaker on the topic of consumer segmentation and diversity especially in the areas of globalization, immigration, and generational differences between the Y, X, and Baby Boomer groups. He is published in a book titled "Millennial Leaders Y" as an expert in this field. James has been featured on CEO Magazine and Fortune Magazine as a guest blogger on the topics of leadership and entrepreneurship.
James graduated Cum Laude from the University of Washington Business School with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Computer Information Systems. James was recently selected as a top 100 alumni from the University of Washington in the "Wonderous 100 Alumni Award" which included prominent individuals like Bill Gates Sr., Governor Christine Gregoire, and musician Kenny G.He was chosen to be the host of "Celebrate Asia" with the Seattle Symphony on January 14, 2011, and opened the event as the Master of Ceremonies.[3]
Sun was one of the four finalists going into the finale of season 6 of The Apprentice, Donald Trump's business reality show. He and Stefani Schaeffer survived the first elimination, but Trump ultimately chose Stefani as his next apprentice.[4] On his blog following the firing, Sun stated that he was "dumbfounded" and confused as to what exactly the "things" Trump mentioned were, although he speculated that it might have been his decision to use the program to plug his Internet company.[5] [6] [7]
8. https://magazine.washington.edu/feature/our-wondrous-100-celebrating-a-century-of-uw-alumni-magazines/
9. https://natfluence.com/interview/jamessun/
10. https://www.geekwire.com/2011/star-the-apprentice-james-sun-takes-groupon-pirq/
11. https://eightify.app/summary/society-and-culture/diversity-globalization-insights-from-james-sun-at-tedxbayarea-ignite
12. https://www.breakfastwithaudrey.com.au/founder-beautytap-interview/
13. https://www.pymnts.com/briefing-room/consumer-engagement/Loyalty/2013/Pirq-Pivots-For-Second-Chance-As-SMB-Loyalty-Specialist/