• Chairman of DN Automotive
    Kim Sang-hun

    Second-Generation Dong-A Tire Owner Set to Take DN Solutions Public After Acquisition of Doosan Machine Tools

    Last Updated on Apr 18, 2025

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Life Summary
Kim Sang-hun is the Chairman and CEO of DN Automotive.

He is also the Chairman and the owner of DN Group, recognized as its controlling shareholder (owner).

As a second-generation owner, his father was the late Kim Man-soo, founder and former chairman of Dong-A Tire Industrial.

Kim Sang-hun was born on April 1, 1963, in Sancheong, Gyeongnam.

He graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Yonsei University.

In 1986, he joined Dong-A Tire Industrial and served as Executive Vice President and then as CEO and President. In 2017, following a company spin-off, he became CEO and President of DTR Automotive (now DN Automotive).

After the company changed its name, he was appointed Vice Chairman and CEO of DN Automotive in 2022, and Chairman and CEO in 2024.

He led DN Automotive to become the No. 1 company in Korea and one of the top three in the world in the field of anti-vibration parts.

He also expanded the company by acquiring DN Solutions (formerly Doosan Machine Tools).

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