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Lee Yong-joon is the Vice Chairman and CEO of Hankook Cosmetics Manufacturing.

He also serves as the CEO of Hankook Cosmetics, which was newly established through a personnel split in 2010, and as the CEO of The Saem International.

He is the eldest son of Kim Sook-ja, the Chairman, and the daughter of Kim Nam-yong, Honorary Chairman and one of the co-founders of Hankook Cosmetics.

Additionally, Lee Yong-joon is the nephew-in-law of Lim Chung-heon, Chairman and son of another co-founder, Lim Kwang-jung, Honorary Chairman. Chairman Lim Chung-heon is married to Kim Ok-ja, the second daughter of Honorary Chairman Kim Nam-yong.

He was born on April 3, 1962.

He graduated from Kyungbock High School in Seoul and received his bachelor's degree in English Literature from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.

He obtained a Master’s degree in English Literature from Michigan State University in the United States.

He has served as Vice President and President of the advertising agency Daebo Planning, and has held positions as Vice President, CEO, and now Vice Chairman and CEO of Hankook Cosmetics.

For 15 years, he has been leading the management of the Hankook Cosmetics group, which has a 60-year tradition built through co-founders and in-law management, and has been at the forefront of developing new technologies in domestic cosmetics manufacturing.

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