- CEO - Hyundai Motor Group - Korea (South)
- Born: 1938, Tongchon County, Japanese Korea
- Annual: $377,973,054.00
- Monthly: $31,497,754.50
- Weekly: $7,268,712.58
- Daily: $1,453,742.52
Chung Mong-koo is a South Korean billionaire businessman. He is the honorary chairman and former CEO of Hyundai Motor Group, Korea's second largest chaebol that manages 54 subsidiaries including Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors, and Hyundai Steel. He started his career back in 1970, joining the engineering & construction division of the group. Chung succeeded his father, Chung Ju-yung, the founder of the conglomerate known as the Hyundai Group. When the conglomerate split into several parts in 1999, Chung Mong-koo took over the Hyundai Motor division. He is the eldest surviving son of Chung Ju-yung's eight sons. As of 2021, He is the eighth richest person in South Korea with a personal net worth of US$6.1 billion. His son Chung Eui-sun and brother Chung Mong-joon are also billionaires
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