Coupang is a Fortune 150, U.S. technology company that provides a wide range of retail, restaurant delivery, video streaming and fintech services to millions of customers in more than 190 countries and regions. Here’s how Coupang launched from an innovative idea born in America, to a U.S.-based global business.
1) Coupang was born in the USA
The idea for Coupang was born in Boston, where Bom Kim, a U.S. citizen, was attending Harvard Business School. Kim had the idea to build a new online shopping site, and left school to pursue his dream. Coupang was incorporated as an LLC in Delaware in 2010. Kim today serves as CEO and chairman of Coupang’s board of directors.
2) Coupang helped bring U.S.-style e-commerce to global markets
Coupang quickly became one of South Korea’s most popular e-commerce sites. The company further expanded its offerings into food delivery through Coupang Eats, streaming entertainment through Coupang Play, and has grown to serve Japan, Taiwan and more than 190 countries and regions, including the U.S.
3) Coupang is a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listed success story.
Further cementing its status as a major U.S. corporation, Coupang filed its Registration Statement for an IPO with the SEC in 2021 and began trading on the NYSE under the ticker CPNG. Coupang’s $34.5 billion in revenue in 2025 ranked #142 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S.-based companies.
4) Coupang is based in Seattle with offices across the U.S.
Coupang opened its office in Seattle in 2015, which now serves as the company’s headquarters. The company has multiple locations across the U.S., including additional corporate offices in Mountain View, CA, New York and Washington, DC, and the company’s global fulfillment center in Riverside, CA, which also opened in 2014.
5) Coupang has helped create thousands of U.S. jobs.
In addition to Coupang’s U.S.-based employees, most of whom are based in Seattle, Mountain View, Riverside, D.C. and New York, the company also supports job creation across the U.S. by helping small and medium-sized U.S. companies scale their businesses internationally.
6) Coupang is largely supported by U.S. investors.
The majority of the company’s top institutional shareholders are U.S.-based, including Blackrock, Morgan Stanley, Fidelity and Greenoaks.
7) Coupang helps American companies export their goods.
Coupang serves as an export bridge and facilitator for thousands of U.S. brands, from small, family-owned businesses and agricultural producers to major corporations and everything in between. Coupang helped drive the sale and export of more than $5 billion in American goods and services in 2025 alone.
8) Coupang is an American tech innovation powerhouse.
With billions of dollars of investment in AI, tech and process innovation, Coupang is revolutionizing online digital services in markets across the Indo-Pacific region — and export opportunities for U.S. small and medium-sized businesses. Coupang was named to LexisNexis’s 2026 Top 100 list of global innovators for the second year in a row. In 2024, Fast Company ranked Coupang #2 on its World’s Most Innovative Companies list in the Retail category.
9) Coupang brings global luxury goods and high fashion to U.S. customers.
FARFETCH, a subsidiary of Coupang acquired in 2024, is one of the world’s largest online marketplaces for luxury goods, featuring more than 1,400 luxury brands and boutiques, and serving millions of customers globally, including US customers across all 50 states.
FARFETCH also partners with nearly 250 U.S.-based brands and boutiques, including Marc Jacobs, Tory Burch and Carolina Herrera. Stadium Goods, FARFETCH’s U.S.-based sneaker and streetwear business, originated and shipped 99% of its sales from the U.S. in 2025.
