Chung Yong-jin
Official portrait, 2009
Born (1968-09-19) September 19, 1968
Seoul, South Korea
Alma materBrown University
OccupationVice Chairman of Shinsegae Group
Spouses
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(m. 1995; div. 2003)​
    Han Ji-hee
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    (m. 2011)​
    Children4
    Parent(s)Lee Myung-hee
    Chung Jae-eun
    RelativesLee Jae-yong (cousin)
    Lee Jay-hyun (cousin)
    Korean name
    Hangul
    Hanja
    Revised RomanizationJeong Yongjin
    McCune–ReischauerChŏng Yongchin

    Chung Yong-jin (Korean: 정용진; Hanja: 鄭溶鎭; born 19 September 1968) is a South Korean billionaire businessman, the vice chairman and former CEO of Shinsegae Group.

    Personal life and family

    He is the only son of Lee Myung-hee, chairwoman of Shinsegae Group and grandson of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul. He is the cousin of Samsung Group chairman Lee Jae-yong and CJ Group chairman Lee Jay-hyun.[1]

    He married Go Hyun-jung on 1995, have 2 children - Jung Hae-chan in 1998 and Jung Hae-in in 2000. They divorced on 2003. He gains custody of all children and share for Go Hyun-jung 1.5 billion Korea Won (in reference to his total assets assume at 30,000 billion Korea Won).[2]

    It was announced in 2011 that he would marry Han Ji-hee[3] after his divorce with Go Hyun-jung.

    He's known in the South Korean business world to freely communicate with the public via social media.[4]

    Education

    Chung graduated from Kyungbock High School. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Brown University.[5][4]

    References

    1. ↑ "Korean billionaire fumes after Instagram removes 'crush commies' post". South China Morning Post. 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
    2. ↑ Tram, Ho (30 March 2022). "The Life of the Runner-up as the Bride of the Samsung Empire: Rejected Because Her Husband's Family All Spoke English, Considered It a Birthing Machine for 31 Billion and the Ending Rose like a Phoenix". itZone. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
    3. ↑ "Shinsegae Heir to Marry Flautist in May". english.chosun.com. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
    4. 1 2 "Chung Yong-jin". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
    5. ↑ "The Five Richest Alumni of Brown University". Worthly. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
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