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CEO of SK Telecom
Ryu Young-sang
Corporate M&A Expert, Actively Inspires Employees with a Spirit of Challenge
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Last Updated on Mar 15, 2024
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CEO of SK Telecom
Life Summary
Ryu Young-sang is the CEO and President of SK Telecom.
He is dedicated to discovering new growth engines for SK Telecom, whose main business is telecommunications.
Leveraging the stable telecommunications business, he focuses on nurturing artificial intelligence (AI), subscription services, and the metaverse as future growth drivers. He is also keen on leading the domestic urban air mobility (UAM) market.
He was born on May 15, 1970.
He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Industrial Engineering and earned a master's degree in Industrial Engineering from the same university. He also completed an MBA program at the University of Washington in the United States.
After working at SK C&C, he has been with SK Telecom for over 20 years.
As a corporate M&A expert, he assisted Park Jung-ho, the head of SK Telecom's Business Development Office (currently the CEO and Vice Chairman of SK Square), in the acquisition of Hynix (now SK Hynix).
In 2021, when SK Telecom was split into the holding company SK Square and the business company SK Telecom, he was appointed CEO and President of SK Telecom.
He emphasizes the importance of a spirit of challenge to employees.
#Keywords:
#SKTelecom #RYuYoungsang #AI #subscriptionservices #metaverse #UAM #corporateM&A #industrialengineering #SKSquare #leadership
He is dedicated to discovering new growth engines for SK Telecom, whose main business is telecommunications.
Leveraging the stable telecommunications business, he focuses on nurturing artificial intelligence (AI), subscription services, and the metaverse as future growth drivers. He is also keen on leading the domestic urban air mobility (UAM) market.
He was born on May 15, 1970.
He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Industrial Engineering and earned a master's degree in Industrial Engineering from the same university. He also completed an MBA program at the University of Washington in the United States.
After working at SK C&C, he has been with SK Telecom for over 20 years.
As a corporate M&A expert, he assisted Park Jung-ho, the head of SK Telecom's Business Development Office (currently the CEO and Vice Chairman of SK Square), in the acquisition of Hynix (now SK Hynix).
In 2021, when SK Telecom was split into the holding company SK Square and the business company SK Telecom, he was appointed CEO and President of SK Telecom.
He emphasizes the importance of a spirit of challenge to employees.
#Keywords:
#SKTelecom #RYuYoungsang #AI #subscriptionservices #metaverse #UAM #corporateM&A #industrialengineering #SKSquare #leadership