So-Young Kang is the Founder and CEO of Gnowbe, pioneering an Agentic AI Enablement platform grounded in microlearning instructional design (M.I.D.™) to humanize workforce training and maximize human creative potential. She is also the Founding Chairman of Awaken Group, a human-centered transformation design firm that integrates strategy, leadership, and innovation to catalyze growth for sustainable value creation.

For nearly two decades, So-Young’s work has been focused on aligning purpose, ethics, and human values across technology, business, education, and government. As one of the Expert Advisors to AI and Faith and a globally sought-after speaker on humanizing AI, ethical technology, and values-based leadership, she regularly shares her message at the World Economic Forum, Drucker Forum, Forbes, and TEDx.

Recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum since 2014, So-Young has published foundational pieces on technology, ethics, and human development, including Can Tech Ever Be Neutral?, How to Build the Workforce of the Future, and How Technology Can Bridge the Skills Gaps It Created.

She is the author of Inside Out: Conversations about Leadership and Innovation in a New Global Economy. Previously, So-Young was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and worked at Citigroup. She holds a BA with Honors in International Relations and Japanese Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.