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Ceo & Vice Chairman of HS Hyosung
Cho Hyun-sang
Restructuring Push: Core Unit Sold Amid Profit Pressure
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Last Updated on Jun 10, 2025
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Ceo & Vice Chairman of HS Hyosung
Life Summary
Cho Hyun-sang ("조현상" in Korean) is Vice Chairman and CEO of HS Hyosung. He also serves as an inside director of HS Hyosung Advanced Materials and HS Hyosung Information Systems.
He was born on November 26, 1971, as the third son of former Hyosung Chairman Cho Suck-rae.
He attended Gyeonggi Elementary School and Cheongun Middle School, graduated from Kyungbock High School, and then moved to the United States, where he earned a degree in economics from Brown University.
He began his career at Bain & Company. After joining Hyosung, he worked in the restructuring TFT (Task Force Team) and management innovation team.
He later joined Japan's NTT Communications, where he led wired and wireless strategy projects and took part in establishing the Korean branch.
Cho then returned to Hyosung’s strategy division and served as head of the Industrial Materials PG (Performance Group) and CMO of the Chemical PG.
After being promoted to president, he led the strategy division. When Hyosung was split into separate entities, he became a group-wide president.
Following the division of Hyosung and HS Hyosung into a holding company structure, he was appointed CEO of HS Hyosung.
He actively engages in international activities as a self-proclaimed civilian diplomat, representing Korean business leaders. He is leading the transformation of HS Hyosung’s business structure into fields such as artificial intelligence, secondary batteries, and semiconductor materials.
He is known for being meticulous and detail-oriented.
#ChoHyunsang #HSHyosung #Hyosung #semiconductors #AI #secondarybatteries #NTT #BrownUniversity #businessleadership #restructuring
He was born on November 26, 1971, as the third son of former Hyosung Chairman Cho Suck-rae.
He attended Gyeonggi Elementary School and Cheongun Middle School, graduated from Kyungbock High School, and then moved to the United States, where he earned a degree in economics from Brown University.
He began his career at Bain & Company. After joining Hyosung, he worked in the restructuring TFT (Task Force Team) and management innovation team.
He later joined Japan's NTT Communications, where he led wired and wireless strategy projects and took part in establishing the Korean branch.
Cho then returned to Hyosung’s strategy division and served as head of the Industrial Materials PG (Performance Group) and CMO of the Chemical PG.
After being promoted to president, he led the strategy division. When Hyosung was split into separate entities, he became a group-wide president.
Following the division of Hyosung and HS Hyosung into a holding company structure, he was appointed CEO of HS Hyosung.
He actively engages in international activities as a self-proclaimed civilian diplomat, representing Korean business leaders. He is leading the transformation of HS Hyosung’s business structure into fields such as artificial intelligence, secondary batteries, and semiconductor materials.
He is known for being meticulous and detail-oriented.
#ChoHyunsang #HSHyosung #Hyosung #semiconductors #AI #secondarybatteries #NTT #BrownUniversity #businessleadership #restructuring