Life Summary
Chung Yong-jin is the Chairman of Shinsegae Group.

Among the two pillars of Shinsegae Group's business, Shinsegae and E-Mart, he is in charge of E-Mart.

He leads businesses centered on large discount stores, including supermarkets, convenience stores, specialty stores, hotels, and complex shopping malls. He serves as the de facto leader of Shinsegae Group on behalf of his mother, Lee Myung-hee, who is the General Chairperson of Shinsegae Group.

He was born as the eldest son of two siblings on September 19, 1968, to Chung Jae-eun, former honorary chairman of Shinsegae, and Lee Myung-hee, General Chairperson of Shinsegae Group. His younger sister is Chung Yoo-kyung, Chairman of Shinsegae.

He graduated from the Department of Western History at Seoul National University and later from the Department of Economics at Brown University in the United States.

He began his professional career at Fujitsu Korea.

After joining Shinsegae as an assistant manager in the Strategy Planning Office, he served as Senior Manager in the Planning and Coordination Office, Vice President in the Management Support Office, and Vice Chairman before becoming CEO of Shinsegae in 2010. In 2011, he also assumed the role of CEO of E-Mart.

As his sister, Chairman Chung Yoo-kyung, leads the department store and fashion business and pursues independence, he focuses on overseeing the process of business division within the group.

He enjoys communicating with the public, especially through active engagement on social media, which often draws attention and sometimes controversy.

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