Chey Tae-won
Seoul, South Korea
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Korea University | Master of Science, University of Chicago
South Korea
SK Holdings
oil, semiconductor
$2,600,000,000
691
#9 Korea's 50 Richest 2019
#691 Billionaires 2019
Chey Tae-won chairs the SK Group, Korea's third largest conglomerate with interests in telecom, semiconductors, chemicals and energy, among othersThe group's SK Telecom is South Korea's No. 1 mobile carrier; its SK Hynix is the country's second largest chip maker. In 2013 he was convicted of misappropriating company funds but was later pardoned by then-president Park Geun-hye and returned to his post in 2016.Chey is a nephew of SK Group founder Chey Jong-gun, who started the conglomerate with a textile company called Sunkyong.
While in jail he authored a book on social enterprises. Chey filed for divorce from his wife, a daughter of a former South Korean president in July 2017. The matter has been taken to trial.
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