Mike Kim is an author, business consultant, keynote speaker, and nonprofit founder. Today, he is the founder of Gradient Consulting, a Tokyo-based firm that advises startups on market entry and expansion across Japan, Korea, and the Asia-Pacific region. He is the author of the Wall Street Journal-featured book Escaping North Korea, a memoir that chronicles his experiences living undercover near the North Korea border while secretly helping North Korean refugees and human trafficking victims escape via a 6,000-mile underground railroad.