“Hyundai Group's Honorary Chairman: Autobiography”
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Jeong Ju-yung
Chung Ju-Yung was a South Korean entrepreneur and the founder of Hyundai Group, one of South Korea's largest chaebols.
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business · South Korean entrepreneur (1915–2001) · entrepreneur · autobiographer · politician · industrialist · also Jeong Ju-yung, Chung Ju-yung, Chung Ju-young, Ju-yung
Born 25 November 1915 · Died 21 March 2001 · Q468467
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2001· 1 entry
Died 2001-03-21.
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1998· 1 entry
Earned Silver Olympic Order (1998).
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1982· 1 entry
Chung received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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1972· 1 entry
Founded Hyundai Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries, and established the Ulsan shipyard as its headquarters
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1946· 1 entry
After the liberation of Korea from Japanese control, Chung went back to Seoul and launched Hyundai Auto Service and Hyundai Construction Company
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1943· 1 entry
The Japanese colonial government forced the garage to merge with a steel plant during the war effort
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1939· 1 entry
The Japanese colonial government restricted Korean ownership of rice shops, and Chung lost his store
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1937· 1 entry
The store owner became ill, and gave the store to Chung
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1933· 1 entry
At the age of 18, he became a stevedore at Jinsen Harbor (Incheon, currently in South Korea)
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1915· 1 entry
Born 1915-11-25.
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