Chung Ju-yung
25 November 1915 – 21 March 2001
Chung Ju-yung was a South Korean industrialist who founded the Hyundai Group. Born to a farming family in what is now North Korea, he built a construction firm in post-war South Korea and expanded it into car manufacturing, shipbuilding and heavy industry. He ran for president of South Korea in 1992 and later led cattle deliveries to North Korea as part of inter-Korean exchanges.
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Life events
He was born the eldest of eight children in a farming village in what is now North Korea.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAfter several attempts he settled in Seoul, working as a labourer and later in a rice shop.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis first venture in the motor trade closed under Japanese colonial wartime controls.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe firm took on reconstruction contracts, including work for United States forces during and after the Korean War.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe carmaker began by assembling Ford models before developing the Pony, Korea's first mass-produced domestic car.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe yard grew into one of the largest shipbuilding operations in the world.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe headed the campaign that secured the Summer Olympics for Seoul.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe founded the Unification National Party and finished third in the December 1992 election.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe crossed the demilitarised zone with more than a thousand cattle in two deliveries, opening the way for the Mount Kumgang tourism project.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died at the age of 85 at Asan Medical Center.
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