Cho Yang-ho

Cho Yang-ho
President of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games
In office
July 31, 2014 – May 3, 2016
IOC PresidentThomas Bach
Preceded byKim Jin-sun
Succeeded byLee Hee-beom
Chair of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games
In office
July 31, 2014 – May 3, 2016
Chair of the PyeongChang bid: September 14, 2009 – October 5, 2011
Preceded byKim Jin-sun
Succeeded byLee Hee-beom
Personal details
Born(1949-03-08)8 March 1949
Seoul, South Korea
Died8 April 2019(2019-04-08) (aged 70)
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Children3
Korean name
Hangul
조양호
Hanja
趙亮鎬
Revised RomanizationJo Yang-ho
McCune–ReischauerCho Yang-ho

Cho Yang-ho (Korean조양호; sometimes written Y. H. Cho; 8 March 1949 – 8 April 2019)[1][2] was a South Korean businessman who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Korean Air, chairman of the Hanjin Group, and a founding member of SkyTeam alliance.

  1. ^ Fred A. Bernstein, Checking In: Dressing It Up Before Tearing It Down, The New York Times, June 7, 2009, Accessed June 8, 2009.
  2. ^ "[Who Is ?] 조양호 한진그룹 회장". The Business Post (in Korean). 4 March 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2019.