Hyun Jeong-eun
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Chung Young-yi
Chung Young-seon
Hyun Jeong-eun | |
|---|---|
 Hyun in 2021 | |
| Born | 26 January 1955 South Korea |
| Occupation | Chairwoman of Hyundai Group |
| Spouse | Chung Mong-hun |
| Children | Chung Ji-yi Chung Young-yi Chung Young-seon |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 현정은 |
| Hanja | 玄貞恩 |
| RR | Hyeon Jeongeun |
| MR | Hyŏn Chŏngŭn |
Hyun Jeong-eun (Korean: 현정은; born 26 January 1955) is a South Korean businesswoman and the chairwoman of the Hyundai Group.
Hyun Jeong-eun graduated from Kyunggi Girls’ High School in 1972. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in 1976 and a Master of Arts in Sociology in 1979 from Ewha Womans University. She later obtained a Master of Arts in Human Development from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1983.[1]
Biography
Hyun Jeong-eun was born on January 26, 1955, as the second daughter among four daughters to her father, Hyun Young-won, and her mother, Kim Moon-hee. In 1976, she married Chung Mong-hun, with whom she had one son and two daughters.[2]
On August 4, 2003, her husband Chung Mong-hun died and she succeeded him and was inaugurated as the new chairwoman of the Hyundai Group on October 21, 2003.[3]
On August 16, 2009, in her capacity as chairwoman of the Hyundai Group, she met with Kim Jong Il, the then leader of North Korea.[4] The politician Kim Moo-sung is her maternal uncle.[5]