Chung Mong-gyu
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Chung Mong-gyu | |
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Born | Seoul, South Korea |
January 14, 1962
Alma mater | Korea University (B.B.A.) University of Oxford (M.A.) |
Occupation | Chairman of Hyundai Development Company
President of Korea Football Association President of East Asian Football Federation |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 정몽규 |
Hanja | 鄭夢奎 |
Revised Romanization | Jeong Mong-gyu |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Monggyu |
Chung Mong-gyu, born in Seoul in 1962, is one of South Korea’s business leaders and Chairman of Hyundai Development Company. He serves as the 52nd and current president of the Korea Football Association (KFA). Chung Mong-gyu received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Korea University in 1985 and master's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from Oxford University in 1988. He is also a nephew of Chung Ju-yung, the founder of all Hyundai groups.
Work experience
- 2015.05-present : Member, Asian Football Confederation Executive Committee
- 2014.03-present : Vice President, East Asian Football Federation
- 2013.08-present : Member, Organizing Committee for the FIFA Club World Cup
- 2013.02–2014.03 : President, East Asian Football Federation
- 2013.01-present : President, Korea Football Association
- 2011.04–2013.03 : Member, AFC Ad-Hoc Committee
- 2011–2013 : President, Korea Professional Football League
- 2000–present : Chairman, Busan IPark Football Club
- 1999–present : Chairman, Hyundai Development Company
- 1998–1999 : Chairman, FKI Korea/UK Business Leaders Forum
- 1997–1999 : Chairman, Korean Automobile Manufacturer’s Association
- 1997–1999 : Chairman, Chonbuk Hyundai Motors Football Club
- 1996–1999 : Chairman and CEO, Hyundai Motor Company
- 1994–1996 : Chairman, Ulsan Hyundai Horangi Football Club
Professional career
Mong-Gyu Chung served as chairman and CEO of Hyundai Motor Company from January 1996 to December 1998. Mong-Gyu Chung has managed Hyundai Development Company since his appointment to chairmanship in March 1999.
Hyundai Development Company, a parent entity of Hyundai Development Company Group, is a comprehensive construction company established in 1976 and has created 390,000 apartment units in Korea including Samsung-dong IPARK, Suwon IPARK CITY and Haeundae IPARK. In addition, Hyundai Development Company has been active in various areas such as city development projects, residential and commercial buildings, civil engineering and social infrastructure projects. Mong-Gyu Chung has made efforts to promote corporate social responsibility by participating in the IPARK Campaign, the employee volunteer program of Hyundai Development Company, and establishing a non-profit organization, Pony Chung Foundation.
Hyundai Development Company has diversified its business areas to include construction subsidiaries such as I&Cons, a property development company, and I'Controls, a construction-related IT solution supplier, the manufacturing sector such as Hyundai Engineering Plastics, a supplier of engineering plastics, and Young Chang Music, musical instrument manufacturer, and non-manufacturing sectors such as I'Service, Hotel IPARK, HDC Asset Management, Hyundai IPark Mall, I'Cius and IPARK Sports.
Mong-Gyu Chung has contributed to developing Korea’s soccer industry by owning Football Clubs such as Ulsan Hyundai (January 1994 – December 1996), Jeonbuk Hyundai (January 1997 – March 1999) and Busan IPARK Football Club (January 2000-to present).
Elected as the 9th President of the Korean Professional Football League (K League) in 2011, he handled the match-fixing scandals with determination and acumen. He was elected as the 52nd president of the Korea Football Association (KFA) in 2013. In addition, he is a member of the Organizing Committee for the FIFA Club World Cup, member of the Executive Committee of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and vice president of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF).
Awards
- 1997 Winner of the Second Korea-China Young Researcher's Award (economics segment)
- 1996 “100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum[1]
References
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- South Korean businesspeople
- South Korean billionaires
- Hyundai Development Company
- Hyundai people
- People from Seoul
- Korea University alumni
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- 20th-century businesspeople
- 21st-century businesspeople