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Koo Ja-cheon is the chairman of Shinsung Delta Tech.

Founded in 1987, Shinsung Delta Tech, which is gaining attention for secondary battery parts, has grown into a mid-sized company with annual sales in the KRW 800 billion range.

Koo Ja-cheon was born on May 3, 1953, in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do.

He graduated from Jinju High School and the French Language and Literature Department at Yonsei University, and obtained a master's degree from the same university's Graduate School of Business.

After graduating from university, he worked at Lucky Development (now GS E&C Corp.) before moving to work at Shinhung (now Shinsung Total), a wood company founded by his father.

In 1987, he established a joint venture company, Shinsung Delta Industries (now Shinsung Delta Tech), which received investment from a Japanese company to produce plastic injection products.

Regarded as a business leader who values harmony between labor and management, Shinsung Delta Tech has never experienced labor disputes in nearly 40 years since its establishment.

In March 2024, he stepped down as CEO, effectively completing the process of handing over management rights to his son, Vice Chairman Koo Bon-sang.