Hyundai Part 1: Chung Ju-yung, The Founder
About this episode
The episode explores the remarkable story of Chung Ju-yung, the founder of Hyundai, and his journey in building a global conglomerate.
I nitially I had intended to do just 1 episode on Hyundai, focusing mainly on the car business and it’s current leadership, but the story of Ju-yung is just too remarkable to be consigned to a footnote- this is a guy who, from nothing, built a conglomerate that at it’s peak in the 90s was one of the biggest companies in the world, with revenues of $90 billion, 200,000 employees, operating in everything from semi conductors, to cars, to ship building, to construction, to retail outlets- you name it, they did it and Ju-yung built it all through wars and military rulers, it’s a cracking story, enjoy.
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