Shin Dong-yoon is the Chairman and CEO of Youlchon Chemical and also serves as Vice Chairman of Nongshim Holdings.
He was born on January 9, 1958, in Busan. Shin is the second son of Shin Chun-ho, the founder and honorary chairman of Nongshim Group (who passed away on October 27, 2021). He has a twin brother, Shin Dong-won, who is the Chairman of Nongshim.
Shin graduated from Seoul Jungang High School and later earned a degree in Industrial Engineering from Korea University. He also completed a Master’s program in International Business at Chung-Ang University.
In 1982, he started his career at Nongshim’s finance department, where he began learning the ropes of business management. In 1989, he moved to Youlchon Chemical, where he held various positions, including Managing Director of Sales, Vice President, President, and Vice Chairman, before becoming Chairman in 2022.
Youlchon Chemical is a packaging company that supplies ramen and snack packaging to Nongshim.
Shin Dong-yoon is currently leading the transformation of Youlchon Chemical into a battery materials company. He successfully localized the production of aluminum pouches for secondary batteries.