Jensen Huang throws first pitch at Doosan Bears game before 'Kkanbu reunion'
![Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks with SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo and Naver Chairman Lee Hae-jin at a BBQ restaurant near Hongik University Station in Mapo-gu, Seoul, on Thursday. [Yonhap]](https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2026/06/07/rcv.YNA.20260605.PYH2026060516720000300_P1.jpg)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who is visiting South Korea, met SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won again Saturday — just two days after their last get-together.
Huang and Chey arrived at Kkanbu Chicken's Samsung branch in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, at around 6:50 p.m. Saturday. Huang arrived first and signed autographs for members of the public before Chey arrived and took his seat.
The meeting was arranged at Nvidia's request, and the venue was also chosen by Nvidia.
Kkanbu Chicken is the same restaurant where Huang held what became known as the "Kkanbu meeting" during his visit to South Korea in late October last year for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit — dining there with Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung. At the time, Chey met Huang separately in Gyeongju, where Chey was presiding over the APEC CEO Summit, rather than joining that dinner.
The two men reunited just two days after their "samso" — samgyeopsal and soju — dinner at a restaurant called "Hyeongnim Jeoyo" near Hongik University Station in Mapo-gu, Seoul, on Thursday. Counting only publicly known encounters, Saturday's meeting was their seventh since the APEC CEO Summit last October, spanning seven months.
The SK side was represented by Kwak Noh-jung, president and CEO of SK Hynix; Kim Ju-sun, president in charge of AI infrastructure at SK Hynix; Jeong Jae-heon, president and CEO of SK Telecom; and Jeong Seok-geun, head of SK Telecom's AI CIC and chief technology officer.
On the Nvidia side, Huang was joined by his wife Lori Huang and their eldest daughter Madison Huang, senior director of product marketing for Nvidia's Omniverse and robotics division.
The gathering is expected to cover a range of cooperation topics, including the supply of HBM4 sixth-generation memory chips for Nvidia's next-generation AI accelerator Vera Rubin, AI data center development and broader AI ecosystem building.
Earlier Saturday, Huang threw the ceremonial first pitch at a Korea Baseball Organization game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, and held talks with Doosan Group Chairman Park Jung-won on physical AI.
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