Cho Yang-ho | |
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President of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games | |
In office July 31, 2014 – May 3, 2016 | |
IOC President | Thomas Bach |
Preceded by | Kim Jin-sun |
Succeeded by | Lee 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 by | Kim Jin-sun |
Succeeded by | Lee Hee-beom |
Personal details | |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 8 March 1949
Died | 8 April 2019 Los Angeles County, California, U.S. | (aged 70)
Children | 3 |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 조양호 |
Hanja | 趙亮鎬 |
Revised Romanization | Jo Yang-ho |
McCune–Reischauer | Cho Yang-ho |
Cho Yang-ho (Korean: 조양호; 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.