SBS The story of the day when the tail was bitten, Jeon Je-wan, founder of 10-million-member 'Freechal', is now a pension cleaner in Yangyang

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‘The story of the day when the tail was bitten’

From 1st generation venture CEO and IT genius to pension cleaner

‘Freechal’ founder Jeon Je-wan!

‘The story of the day when the tail was bitten’ reveals shocking current status for the first time!

“It was because my skills were lacking”

Tony An marvels, “Jeon Je-wan is like Liu Bei from Romance of the Three Kingdoms!”

Tony An - Han So-eun - Kim Hyo-jin appear as listeners!

- SBS ‘The story of the day when the tail was bitten’: What is the full story of Freechal founder Jeon Je-wan, who achieved the ‘10 million member myth’, living as a pension cleaner in Yangyang?

- SBS ‘The story of the day when the tail was bitten’: Tony An marvels at the Freechal myth, saying, “It is like seeing Liu Bei from Romance of the Three Kingdoms!”

On SBS ‘The story of the day when the tail was bitten’, Jeon Je-wan, the founder of Freechal who achieved a first-generation venture myth and left a mark on the Republic of Korea's IT industry, will personally reveal the story of how he came to live as a cleaner.

The episode airing today (17th), , directed by Ahn Yoon-tae, Lee Keun-byeol, and Moon Chi-young (hereinafter ‘The story of the day when the tail was bitten’), features H.O.T. Tony An, actress Han So-eun, and comedian Kim Hyo-jin as listeners to discuss the dynamic moments that heated the world during the birth of the Republic of Korea's IT industry.

Amidst this, it causes shock that Freechal founder Jeon Je-wan is living as a pension cleaner. Being revealed for the first time through ‘The story of the day when the tail was bitten’, Jeon Je-wan surprises everyone by calmly stating, “Cleaning is my current major.” It is said that throughout the interview, he confessed his honest feelings, emptying out the splendor of days past, saying, “It was because my skills were lacking.”

‘Freechal’, founded by Jeon Je-wan, was a national platform that shook the Republic of Korea in the 1990s with 10 million members and 1.1 million communities. At the time, Jeon Je-wan, who was from Samsung C&T, gathered top talents of the era, including former Kakao co-CEO Joh Su-yong, to build a Silicon Valley-style organization and opened the hottest renaissance in the history of the Republic of Korea's IT.

Regarding such unstoppable moves, Tony An cannot hide his admiration for his unrivaled talent recruitment ability and the early venture myth that changed the world, saying, “Jeon Je-wan is like seeing Liu Bei from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.”

Indeed, what happened to Jeon Je-wan, who started living a 180-degree different life as a pension cleaner from the top position, and the records of dreams that built the country's IT industry will be fully revealed through ‘The story of the day when the tail was bitten’.

‘The story of the day when the tail was bitten’ is a program where three storytellers deliver what they felt while studying themselves to their respective ‘story friends’ 1:1 in the most everyday spaces, and it broadcasts every Thursday at 10:20 PM on SBS.

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· Distribution : September 17, 15:03

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