Chey Tae-won

Chey Tae-won is a South Korea billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of SK Group, Korea’s third largest chaebol, that mainly engages in the provision of semiconductors, oil, telecommunication services, chemical, etc.

  • Chey Tae-won chairs the SK Group, Korea’s third largest conglomerate with interests in telecom, semiconductors, chemicals and energy, among others
  • The 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.

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