Chung Mong-joon

$1.33B

as of 10/04/24

About Chung Mong-joon

Chung Mong-joon is the largest shareholder of shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries.

He is the sixth son of the late Hyundai group founder Chung Ju-yung, who got his start repairing trucks for the U.S. Army after the Korean War.

Chung ran Hyundai Heavy Industries until he entered politics in 1988; he served seven terms in the National Assembly.

Personal stats

Citizenship

South Korea

Source of wealth

shipbuilding, industrial machines

Residence

Seoul, South Korea

Marital status

Married

Birth date

10/17/51 (age 72)

Number of children

Education

Ph.D, Johns Hopkins University; Master of Business Administration, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Seoul National University

Self-made

inherited

Chung Mong-joon’s fortune is worth

22K

troy ounces of gold

20K

median U.S. household

13K

median U.S. income

0.027%

U.S. credit card volume

0.005%

GDP of the United States

0.004%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

In 2014 he ran for mayor of Seoul but lost.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

KOREA | 267250-KR

Hyundai Robotics