Goldman Sachs Escapee Drops Wall Street for Seoul Sushi and Sanity
Tyger Cho, a Stanford grad and ex-Goldman Sachs drone, bailed on the predictable grind of Chicago finance for a Korean adventure with zero job prospects in Seoul. He describes his former life as 'I felt like a dead person' before swapping $2,300 rent for $1,600 and $50 hospital visits sans insurance, finding unexpected warmth in his heritage's culture. Now he's building K-Bridge, a community for global Koreans, proving you can leave your corporate cage only to create a new one — but hey, at least it’s a cooler cage in Seoul.
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Sure, quitting a cushy Wall Street job for a foreign land sounds like a midlife crisis sponsored by nostalgia—but hey, at least the healthcare is $50 and not a nine-figure student debt to your soul.
Tyger Cho traded cubicle death by Powerpoint for stand-up death by kimchi. Who says you can't outsource your existential dread and still pay less rent?
Moving to Seoul without a job? That's not bravery, that's just realizing the American Dream was actually a nightmare on Wall Street with overtime.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/24/2025 | Author: Raphael Rashid
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