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Chairman and CEO of Hanil Holdings
Huh Gi-ho
Third-Generation Cement Leader Faces Synergy, Diversification Tasks
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Last Updated on Apr 2, 2026
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Chairman and CEO of Hanil Holdings
Life Summary
Huh Gi-ho is the Chairman and CEO of Hanil Holdings. He also serves as Chairman of Hanil Cement.
He is focusing on defending performance deterioration caused by the prolonged downturn in the construction industry and on transforming the cement business into a “low-carbon management” system.
He was born on November 15, 1966, in Seoul as the eldest son among three sons of Huh Jung-sup, Honorary Chairman of Hanil Cement.
He graduated from Seoul Seongnam High School and the Department of Economics at Sungkyunkwan University. He completed his MBA at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University in the United States.
He joined Hanil Cement and, after serving as Head of the Management Division and Head of the Corporate Planning Office, became CEO of Hanil Cement in 2005.
After the transition to a holding company system, he became Chairman and CEO of Hanil Holdings.
Following the acquisition of Hyundai Cement, he completed eight years of integration to establish a “single Hanil” system and led the company to become No. 1 in domestic market share in Korea’s cement industry.
#HanilHoldings #HanilCement #HuhGiho #cementindustry #lowcarbonstrategy #constructiondownturn #Koreabusiness #CEOprofile #corporatestrategy #industrialleadership
He is focusing on defending performance deterioration caused by the prolonged downturn in the construction industry and on transforming the cement business into a “low-carbon management” system.
He was born on November 15, 1966, in Seoul as the eldest son among three sons of Huh Jung-sup, Honorary Chairman of Hanil Cement.
He graduated from Seoul Seongnam High School and the Department of Economics at Sungkyunkwan University. He completed his MBA at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University in the United States.
He joined Hanil Cement and, after serving as Head of the Management Division and Head of the Corporate Planning Office, became CEO of Hanil Cement in 2005.
After the transition to a holding company system, he became Chairman and CEO of Hanil Holdings.
Following the acquisition of Hyundai Cement, he completed eight years of integration to establish a “single Hanil” system and led the company to become No. 1 in domestic market share in Korea’s cement industry.
#HanilHoldings #HanilCement #HuhGiho #cementindustry #lowcarbonstrategy #constructiondownturn #Koreabusiness #CEOprofile #corporatestrategy #industrialleadership