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Name

Shin Dong-joo

Primary Residence

Tokyo, Japan

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University | Master of Business Administration, Columbia Business School

Citizenship

South Korea

Affiliated Companies

Lotte Shopping

Source Of Wealth

retail

Net Worth

$915,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/shin-dong-joo

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

2057

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#45 Korea's 50 Richest 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/korea-billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#2057 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Summary

Shin Dong-joo is the eldest son of Shin Kyuk-Ho, who founded Lotte Group, South Korea's fifth largest conglomerate. Lotte Group is South Korea's largest retailer and has interests ranging from food and beverages to chemicals, construction and professional baseball. In early 2015 Shin Dong-joo was dismissed from his executive positions in the group after a bitter feud with his brother Dong-Bin.

Did you know?

Lotte started as a confectionery manufacturer in Japan in 1948 and expanded into South Korea in 1967. At the start of his career he worked for Mitsubishi in Japan in 1978.

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Number of Children

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Dong-bin