Cho Jung-ho
Meritz Financial Group
$9.69B
as of 02/16/26
About Cho Jung-ho
Cho Jung-ho is the chairman of Meritz Financial Group.
He is the youngest of the four sons of Cho Choong-hoon, the late founder of Hanjin Group, the parent company of Korean Air.
He worked for Korean Airlines in Europe and returned home in 1989 as a director with Hanjin Investment & Securities, as Meritz was then named.
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South KoreaSource of wealth
FinanceResidence
Seoul, South KoreaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
10/05/58 (age 67)Number of children
3Education
Master of Business Administration, IMD; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Southern CaliforniaSelf-made
inherited and growingCho Jung-ho’s fortune is worth
162K
troy ounces of gold
149K
median U.S. household
97K
median U.S. income
0.194%
U.S. credit card volume
0.039%
GDP of the United States
0.029%
United States debt
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He has outstripped his brothers in wealth and success; Meritz's value has multiplied since it broke away from the Hanjin Group in 2005.
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KOREA | 138040-KR
Meritz Financial GroupKOREA | 008560-KR
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