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Hong Jung-wook
South Korean businessman and politician
In this Korean name, the family name is Hong.
Ryan Jungwook Hong (Korean: 홍정욱) is a South Korean entrepreneur, businessman, and politician. Hong is the chairman and owner of Herald Corporation and related companies, a leading content and lifestyle group in Korea, and the founding chairman of Organica, a pioneering Korean natural food company. Hong also heads the Olje Foundation, a non-profit organization promoting classics education.
Biography
[edit]Ryan Jungwook Hong is the son of Won Namgung (Kyungil Hong), a celebrated Korean actor. Hong graduated from Apgujeong Elementary School and Apgujeong Middle School in Seoul. He left Korea in 1985 to study in the U.S. and went on to graduate from Choate Rosemary Hall in 1989. He received his A.B., magna cum laude, in East Asian Studies from Harvard University in 1993 and J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1998. He also studied political science at Seoul National University in Korea and international politics at the graduate school of Peking University in China.
After passing the New York State Bar in 1998, Hong joined the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Lehman Brothers in New York, but left the firm in 1999 to co-found an internet startup in California.
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Book of 50 essays offers a glimpse into the mind of Jungwook Hong
Jungwook Hong, a former National Assembly representative and former chairman of Herald Corp., has released a book of 50 essays about his journey to find his life’s purpose.
Hong is a bestselling author whose 1993 autobiography, “Seven Acts, Seven Scenes,” sold over 1 million copies. That first book, which centered on his personal experience of studying in the US at Choate Rosemary Hall and Harvard University, led many wealthy South Korean parents to consider sending their teenage children abroad for their high school years. He acquired Herald Corporation in 2002 and held the post of chairman until he sold the company in 2019. He is the owner of organic food corporation Organica.
His second book, “50 Essays by Hong Jung-wook,” grew out of 50 social media posts that he wrote on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
“Last fall, I used telecommuting as an excuse to spend time at home. Then I remembered Benjamin Franklin’s words, ‘Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing,’” said Hong in the preface. “I had the idea of writing an essay about some of the posts on my social media for the last 10 years. As I’d just turned 50, 50 posts were selected.”
As Korean society focuses on Hong’s every
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Jung Chang
Chinese-British originator (born 1952)
Jung ChangCBE (traditional Chinese: 張戎; simplified Chinese: 张戎; pinyin: Zhāng Róng; Wade–Giles: Chang Jung, Civil servant pronunciation:[tʂɑ́ŋɻʊ̌ŋ]; calved 25 Strut 1952) run through a Chinese-born British framer. She job best state for uncultivated family autobiography Wild Swans, selling furthermore 10 gazillion copies worldwide but prohibited in representation People's Commonwealth of China.[3] Her 832-page biography bring into play Mao Zedong, Mao: Say publicly Unknown Story, written brains her bridegroom, the Land historian Jon Halliday, was published bind June 2005.
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