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South Korean business magnate (born 1970)
Chung Eui-sun (born 18 October 1970), also spelled Euisun Chung, is a South Korean billionaire business magnate. He is the executive chairman and CEO of Hyundai Motor Group and the only son and "heir apparent" of Hyundai Motor Group honorary chairman Chung Mong-koo.[1]
Chung was educated in Whimoon High School and received a bachelor's degree in business management administration from Korea University in 1993. After graduation of Korea University, he earned an MBA from the University of San Francisco School of Business in 1997.[2]
- 2020–present: Executive Chairman and CEO, Hyundai Motor Group
- 2018–2020: Executive Vice Chairman, Hyundai Motor Group
- 2009–2018: Vice Chairman, Hyundai Motor Company
- 2005–2009: President, Kia Motors Corporation (sister company of Hyundai Motor)
- 2003–2005: Chief Operating Officer, Hyundai-Kia Corporate Planning Division
- 2001–2002: Deputy Operating Officer, Hyundai Motor's Domestic Sales & Marketing Division
- 2001–2002: Deputy Operating Officer, Hyundai-Kia After-Sales Service Division
- 2000–2002: Deputy Operating Officer, Hyundai Information Technology Center
- 1999–2001: Director, Hyundai Procurement Planning & Coordination Group
- 1994–1999: Deputy Manager, Hyundai Precision and Industries Ltd. (San Francisco, US)
- 1997–1999: Itochu Corporation (New York, US)
From 2005 to 2009, Chung was the president of Kia Motors Corp, a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor, which owns 34% of Kia. According to Forbes, Chung is credited with the success of the Kia Cee'd in Europe along with the Soul and the Forte.[3]
In October 2020, Chung became chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, and his father, Chung Mong-Koo, honorary chairman.[4]
Chung is World Archery Asia president.[5] He is currently on his fifth consecutive term as president.[6]
Chung is married, with two children, and lives in Seoul, South Korea.[3]
Family of Chung Eui-sun
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Notes In general: marriages indicated by dashed lines, female on the left.
- ^ Given name terminates in -yung (영) for males and females in this generation
- ^ Married to Lee Yang-ja (이양자; 1943–90)
- ^ Married to Prof. Noh Kyung-soo [ko] (노경수; 1954–)
- ^ Married to Lee Jung-hwa (이정화; 1939–2009)
- ^ Married to Lee Haeng-ja (이행자; 1945–)
- ^ Married to Kim Hye-young (김혜영; 1961–)
- ^ Married to Lee Yoon-hee (이윤희; 1954–)
- ^ Given name starts with Mong- (몽) for males in this generation. Female given names often start with Chung- (정), but not always.
- ^ Married to Woo Kyung-sook (우경숙; 1951–)
- ^ Married to Hyun Jeong-eun [ko] (현정은; 1955–)
- ^ Married to Kwon Jun-hee (권준희; 1961–)
- ^ Married to Hong In-hwa (홍인화; 1957–)
- ^ Married to Jung Hee-young (정희영; 1940–)
- ^ Married to Kim Young-myeong (김영명; 1956–)
- ^ Married to Kim Na-young (김나영)
- ^ Married to news anchor Noh Hyeon-jeong [ko] (노현정, 1979–)
- ^ Given name terminates in -seon (선) for males in this generation. Female given names usually terminate in -yi (이), but not always.
- ^ Married to Daejeon Sun Hospital chief director Seon Du-hun (선두훈, 1957–)
- ^ Married to Hyundai Card vice chairman Chung Tae-yeong (정태영, 1960–)
- ^ Formerly married to Samwoo vice-chairman Sin Seong-jae (신성재, 1968–)
- ^ Married to Chung Do-won's daughter Chung Ji-seon (정지선, 1970–)
- ^ Married to Gil Yong-wu's son Gil Seong-Jin (길성진, 1984–)
- ^ Married to Chae Hyeong-seok's daughter Chae Su-yeon (채수연, 1990–)
- ^ Married to professional golfer Lydia Ko (리디아 고, 1997–)
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Sources
- 김봄내 (May 15, 2015). "[재벌가족사]정주영 현대그룹 창업주" [Chaebol Family History: Chung Ju-yung, founder of Hyundai Group]. KJtimes (in Korean).
- 김태현 (March 23, 2015). "[단독보도] 정주영 막내딸 미국서 엄마 없이 결혼" [Exclusive: Chung Ju-yung's youngest daughter gets married without her mother in the United States]. 일요신문 (in Korean).
- "Family Drama". Forbes. April 26, 2011.
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