Park Tae-joon

For the taekwondo athlete, see Park Tae-joon (taekwondo).
In this Korean name, the family name is Park.
Park Tae-joon
박태준
32nd Prime Minister of South Korea
In office
13 January 2000 – 19 May 2000
PresidentKim Dae-jung
Preceded byKim Jong-pil
Succeeded byLee Han-dong
Personal details
Born(1927-10-24)October 24, 1927
Fuzan, Keishōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
DiedDecember 13, 2011(2011-12-13) (aged 84)
Alma materWaseda University (dropped out)
Korea Military Academy 6th
Dankook University
OccupationFounder & Chairman of POSCO, Republic of Korea Army General, Prime Minister
Korean name
Hangul
박태준
Hanja
朴泰俊
Revised RomanizationBak Taejun
McCune–ReischauerPak T'aejun
Art name
Hangul
청암
Hanja
靑岩
Revised RomanizationCheongam
McCune–ReischauerCh'ŏngam

Park Tae-joon (Korean: 박태준; October 24, 1927 – December 13, 2011)[1] was a South Korean business tycoon and politician who briefly served as the 32nd Prime Minister of South Korea in 2000.

His most renowned accomplishment includes founding of POSCO and growing it into one of the world's largest and most successful steel companies during his multi-decade tenure as chairman and CEO. For this, he was often called the "Korean Andrew Carnegie". Earlier in his life, he served in the South Korean Army and led several platoons during the Korean War and eventually reaching the rank of Major General. He also founded POSTECH (leading research university in Korea),[2] the Pohang Steelers soccer team,[3] and the POSCO TJ Park Foundation which was preceded by the Steel Scholarship Foundation.[4][5] His pen name was Chungam.

  1. ^ "Park Tae-joon, Founder of a Giant in Steel, Dies at 84". The New York Times. December 13, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Fu:z. "Timeline - POHANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY". wwwhome.postech.ac.kr. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  3. ^ "Pohang Steelers Archives - The Steel Wire". globalblog.posco.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  4. ^ "Purpose". POSCO TJ Park Foundation. Retrieved 22 November 2023. The day before the steel mill first started its operation (July 3, 1973), the late Chairman Park established the predecessor of the POSCO TJ Park Foundation, the Steel Scholarship Foundation, in January 1971 with seed money of KRW 60 million that was given to him as a rebate by an insurance company, to nurture the talents that our society needs.
  5. ^ "POSCO TJ Park Foundation". www.postf.org. Retrieved 2017-10-13.