Chung Mong-koo

In this Korean name, the family name is Chung.
Chung Mong-koo
Chung Mong-koo in 2015
Born (1938-03-19) 19 March 1938 (age 86)
Tsūsen-gun, Kōgen-dō, Japanese Korea
EducationHanyang University
Alma materHanyang University (B.S.)
OccupationBusiness magnate
TitleHonorary Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group
SpouseLee Jung-Hwa (Deceased)
Children4
AwardsVan Fleet Award (2009)
Korean name
Hangul
정몽구
Hanja
鄭夢九
Revised RomanizationJeong Monggu
McCune–ReischauerChŏng Mongku

Chung Mong-koo (Korean: 정몽구; born March 19, 1938, in Kangwon Province) is a South Korean business magnate. He is the honorary chairman and former CEO of Hyundai Motor Group, Korea's second largest chaebol that manages 54 subsidiaries including Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors, and Hyundai Steel. He started his career in 1970, joining the engineering & construction division of the group. Chung succeeded his father, Chung Ju-yung, the founder of the conglomerate known as the Hyundai Group. When the conglomerate split into several parts in 1999, Chung Mong-koo took over the Hyundai Motor division. He is the eldest surviving son of Chung Ju-yung's eight sons.

He was convicted of embezzlement and breach of fiduciary duty in February 2007,[1] but was given a suspended sentence and was fully pardoned by President Lee Myung-bak.[2]

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