David So

David So (born March 30, 1987) is a Korean-American comedian, YouTuber, actor, restaurateur, entrepreneur and musician. He is known for his comedy videos on YouTube. As of February 2019, his main channel GeniusBrain (formerly DavidSoComedy) has amassed over 1.4 million subscribers and over 290 million views.

So was born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Sacramento, California. He grew up working at his parents' beauty supply store in Sacramento. After high school, So enrolled at the University of California, Riverside and shortly after transferred to California State University, Sacramento. So eventually dropped out of college and did not graduate in order to pursue his comedy and acting career.

Stand-up

So began his career at age 16 working as a stand-up comedian performing throughout northern California. He performed at various stand-up comedy clubs during the three years he was in college.

YouTube

After spending three years as a college student and a working stand-up comedian, So decided to leave school and pursue a career in comedy by migrating his stand-up content to YouTube, where he wrote and produced much of his original work on his first YouTube channel known as DavidSoComedy, which has amassed over 1.4 million subscribers and over 290 million views. He hosted and wrote Vevo's first original scripted series called The Comment Show. He was a re-occurring cast member of the online series Just Kidding News for over 5 years, which as of December 1, 2016 has been viewed over 1 billion times. So left the show as a recurring cast member in order to focus on other projects in 2019. He now co-hosts the food show titled, "Send Foodz" with fellow YouTuber Timothy DeLaGhetto. The show was picked up by Thrillist shortly after its initial debut on DeLaGhetto's channel and airs every other Thursday.

Film

So co-produced and starred in Justin Chon's 2017 film Gook. The film tells the story of two Korean-American brothers, played by So and Chon, running their father's shoe store, and their unlikely friendship with a neighborhood 11-year-old black girl, during the first day of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The film was released on August 18, 2017, by Samuel Goldwyn Films. It premiered in January 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the NEXT Audience Award.

He was featured on actor and comedian Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud (LOL) network in 2017.

Go For Broke

So ran a clothing line called Go For Broke with JustKiddingFilms' Bart Kwan and Joe Jitsukawa.

Restaurants

Drips and Swirls

So owns Drips & Swirls, a soft serve ice cream and coffee shop in Koreatown, Los Angeles. So started it with three other people and it opened to the public on August 25, 2016.

Sip Matcha

In February 2018, David So, Joe Jitsukawa, Bart Kwan and Dan Tran opened Sip Matcha, a matcha-centric tea shop in Westwood, Los Angeles.

So lives in Los Angeles, California. He announced his engagement to longtime partner, Mariel Song in August 2019.