Chung Ju-yung

South Korean entrepreneur (1915–2001) Chung Ju-YungMP정주영Chung in 1998Born(1915-11-25)25 November 1915Tongchon, Korea, Empire of JapanDied21 March 2001(2001-03-21) (aged 85)Songpa District, Seoul, South KoreaOccupationsPoliticianChaebolKnown forFounder and honorary chairman of HyundaiPolitical partyUnification National PartySpouseByun Joong-seokChildren11 (8 sons and 3 daughters)Korean nameHangul정주영Hanja鄭周永RRJeong JuyeongMRChŏng ChuyŏngArt nameHangul아산Hanja峨山RRAsanMRAsan Chung Ju-Yung (Korean: 정주영; 25 November 1915 – 21 March 2001) was a South Korean entrepreneur and the founder of Hyundai Group, one of South Korea's largest chaebols. Early life Chung Ju-Yung was born into an impoverished family on 25 November 1915 in Tongchon County, Korea, under the Empire of Japan's occupation (now Kangwon Province, North Korea). Chung graduated from Songjun Primary School in March 1931. He then attended his grandfather's Confucian school while working on his parents' farm. In 1933, at the age of 18, he became a stevedore at Jinsen Harbor (Incheon), currently in South Korea). He also worked as a construction laborer on the construction of Korea University and