Chey Tae-won

Chey Tae-won is a South Korean businessman who has chaired SK Group, the country's second largest conglomerate, since 1998. Born on December 3, 1960, in Suwon, he is the eldest son of Chey Jong-hyun, who led what was then Sunkyung Group. He studied physics at Korea University and began a doctorate in economics at the University of Chicago without finishing it, then joined SK Corp. as a manager and rose through executive posts, taking the group chairmanship at the age of 38 after his father's death. He has also chaired SK Innovation, SK Hynix and SK Telecom at different times, and since March 2021 he has led the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. His career includes a 2013 embezzlement conviction, a pardon in 2015 and a long-running, widely reported divorce property dispute.