Yul Kwon Biography
Yul Kwon is a California-based American television host, former government official, lawyer, and management consultant. He rose to national prominence and popularity after winning the reality television show Survivor: Cook Islands in 2006. He returned in Survivor: Winners at War, finishing 14th. Kwon hosted the four-part PBS television series America Revealed in 2012, as well as LinkAsia on Link TV.
How old is Yul Kwon? – Age
He is 48 years old as of 14 February 2023. He was born in 1975 in Flushing, New York, United States. His real name is Yul Julius Kwon.
Yul Kwon Family – Education
Kwon was born to South Korean immigrants in Flushing, Queens, New York City. He moved to Concord, California, and graduated valedictorian from Northgate High School in Walnut Creek, where he also played varsity water polo and track and field. Kwon attended Stanford University and graduated in 1997 with a B.S. in Symbolic Systems. He is a member of the Lambda Phi Epsilon fraternity. He was recognized as a student for both academic achievement (Phi Beta Kappa) and community service. Kwon attended Yale Law School after graduating from Stanford, where he earned a J.D. in 2000 and worked as an editor on The Yale Law Journal.
Yul Kwon Wife
In April 2008, Kwon proposed to his girlfriend, Sophie Tan. Brad Virata, one of Kwon’s Survivor tribemates, had set up the couple. The couple married at the Clos La Chance winery in San Martin, California, in 2009. The event was televised and broadcast on the TV Guide Channel. Kwon and his wife are the parents of two children.
Yul Kwon Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Yul Kwon America Revealed
Kwon left the FCC in 2011 to become the host of America Revealed, a new PBS television series.
Yul Kwon Survivor
Kwon was recruited to take part in the thirteenth season of Survivor in 2006, which was notable for the decision of the producers to divide the contestants into tribes according to their ethnicity. He began his life as a member of the Asian American Puka Puka tribe, where he met fellow Korean-American attorney Rebekah “Becky” Lee and formed a lasting friendship. He was taken to Exile Island by the Hispanic Aitutaki tribe in Episode 2, but he was able to decipher the clues and locate the immunity idol that had been hidden there. In Episode 3, the four ethnically distinct tribes merged into two, and Kwon and Lee joined the new tribe. Regardless of the results of the challenge, both tribes were informed in Episode 6 that they would have to remove someone from their tribe by vote.
Cao Boi was seen as a loose cannon who could not be trusted, so Kwon and his alliance decided to vote him out. Sundra was recruited by Kwon, Lee, Penner, and Woodcock around this time. All remaining survivors were given the opportunity to “mutiny” and defect to the opposing tribe in Episode 8. Kwon, Lee, Oakley, and Lusth were reduced to four members in opposition to an eight-member tribe when Woodcock and Penner joined the Rarotonga tribe. The new Aitu 4 were able to win four challenges in a row despite the odds.
This sent them to tribal council, where they voted out Brad Virata, Rebecca Borman, and Jenny Guzon-Bae (in a twist where they had to vote out two members of the same tribal council). When the two tribes merged into Aitutonga at the Final Nine, Kwon planned to use the Hidden Immunity Idol to sabotage Penner, a former ally and mutineer. Gentry agreed with Kwon that Gentry would vote against Kwon on the jury if Kwon refused to vote out Penner before them if Penner was voted out first. Penner and the Aitu 4 continued to dominate the match and voted out Woodcock in the Final Seven; however, Kwon was constantly pressured to vote out Penner, a traitor.
Lee, Lusth, Oakley, and Kwon were shocked to learn that the final tribal council would have three members during the Final Four. Lusth and Kwon agreed that a tie-breaker challenge between Lee and Oakley would be the fairest decision at the immunity challenge. Lee declined Kwon’s offer to offer his idol to her. In the tie-breaker, neither Lee nor Oakley could use flint to start a fire in the allotted time. Lee won the challenge and advanced to the Final Three.
Kwon received praise at the Final Tribal Council for his skill in the social aspect of the game as well as his strategic prowess. Brad Virata, Candice Woodcock, Jonathan Penner, Adam Gentry, and Sundra Oakley all cast their votes for Kwon, who prevailed over Becky Lee and Ozzy Lusth to win the title of Sole Survivor.
Yul Kwon Google
Kwon has worked in Google’s business strategy group as well as as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and The Trium Group in the private sector. Kwon joined Facebook’s Privacy product team in February 2013, and in 2015, he was promoted to Product Management Director. He left Facebook in June 2018 and is now a Vice President of Product Management at Google.
Yul Kwon Winners at War
Kwon returned to Survivor: Winners at War after a 14-year and 27-season absence. He was a Dakal tribe member who allied himself with Sophie Clarke, Nick Wilson, and Wendell Holland. They started looking for old-school players. Following a tribal swap, Kwon became a member of the Sele tribe. During the first three tribal councils he attended, he helped vote off Amber Mariano, Tyson Apostol, and Parvati Shallow, but he later became the ninth person voted off and finished 14th on day 35 after failing to earn the right to return to the game from the Edge of Extinction. Kwon voted for eventual winner Tony Vlachos as a juror.