Toss CEO apologizes after April Fools’ housing pledge joke in poor taste

Lee Seung-gun, founder and CEO of Viva Republica, the operator of mobile financial service Toss, has apologized after an April Fools’ Day initiative involving his personal financial commitment to support employees’ housing sparked confusion and criticism. “Housing-related issues have always been on my mind, but presenting such an event in the form of an April Fools’ joke may have trivialized their seriousness, something I did not fully take into account. I will dedicate any profits from my perso

By The Korea Herald