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Park Chan-koo serves as the co-CEO of Kumho Mitsui Chemicals and he is the honorary Chairman of Kumho Petrochemical Group and .

He separated Kumho Petrochemical from the Kumho Asiana Group and, after a prolonged legal battle with his elder brother, Park Sam-koo, the former Chairman of Kumho Asiana Group, they reached a reconciliation.

Park is known for his 'one-track' strategy, focusing on developing and producing high-value-added chemical products.

He was born on August 13, 1948, in Gwangju, as the fourth son of Park In-cheon, the founder of Kumho Asiana Group.

He graduated from Gwangju Jeil High School and the University of Iowa with a degree in Statistics.

He started his career at Korea Synthetic Rubber (now Kumho Petrochemical) and then worked at Kumho Industries and Kumho Construction.

After serving as Vice Chairman and CEO of Kumho Petrochemical, he became the Chairman of the Chemical Division of Kumho Asiana Group before being appointed Chairman of Kumho Petrochemical.

Kumho Petrochemical was spun off from Kumho Asiana Group, achieving independence.

In 2021, he stepped down as CEO of Kumho Petrochemical and retired as Honorary Chairman of the group in 2023, but returned to the management frontlines as co-CEO of Kumho Mitsui Chemicals just five months later.

True to his background in Statistics, he is meticulous and places high importance on communication with employees.

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