Cho Jung-ho
Cho Jung-ho | |
|---|---|
조정호 | |
| Born | October 5, 1958 Incheon, South Korea |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Chairman of Meritz Financial Group |
| Father | Cho Choong-hoon |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 조정호 |
| Hanja | 趙正鎬[1] |
| Revised Romanization | Jo Jeongho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Cho Chŏngho |
Cho Jung-ho (Korean: 조정호; born October 5, 1958[2]) is a South Korean businessman and chairman of Meritz Financial Group.[2] He is among the richest people in South Korea, with Forbes giving his net worth in December 2024 as US$6.8 billion and ranking him the fourth richest person in the country.[3]
Biography
[edit]Cho was born on October 5, 1958, in Incheon, South Korea as the fourth and youngest son of magnate Cho Choong-hoon, founder of the conglomerate Hanjin.[2][4] He attended high school in Boston, United States and graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Southern California. He received a Master of Business Administration degree from the International Institute for Management Development in Switzerland.[2]
He worked at Korean Air as a manager in its European headquarters, then moved to Hanil Securities (한일증권). In 1989, he became a director at Hanjin Investment & Securities.[3] In 2005, he broke the company off of Hanjin and renamed it Meritz, and became its chairman.[5][2] The company reportedly rapidly grew thereafter.[5]
He has announced that he had no intention of passing the company onto his children.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ 조정호(趙正鎬), CHO JUNG HO. ChosunMedia. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ^ a b c d e 정, 희경 (2024-02-27). "[Who Is ?] 조정호 메리츠금융지주 회장". 비즈니스포스트 (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ^ a b "Cho Jung-ho". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ^ a b "Meritz emerges fast to take on South Korea's big financial companies". The Korea Economic Daily. 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ^ a b "Meritz flourishes on Chairman Cho's meritocracy-based management". The Korea Times. 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2024-12-18.