The Most Famous
BUSINESSPEOPLE from North Korea
This page contains a list of the greatest North Korean Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 847 Businesspeople, 1 of which were born in North Korea. This makes North Korea the birth place of the 53rd most number of Businesspeople behind Bangladesh, and Réunion.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary North Korean Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous North Korean Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Chung Ju-yung (1915 - 2001)
With an HPI of 66.99, Chung Ju-yung is the most famous North Korean Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.
Chung Ju-yung or Jung Joo-young (Korean: 정주영; 25 November 1915 – 21 March 2001) was a South Korean entrepreneur and the founder of Hyundai Group, one of the largest chaebols in South Korea. Raised as the eldest son of a poor Korean farmer, Chung was an integral part of the rapid development of Korea's economy, growing Hyundai Heavy Industries into the largest shipbuilder in the world, as well as increasing Hyundai Motor Group into the largest automobile manufacturer in Korea and the third largest in the world. Chung was also a vital contributor to the development of South Korea's infrastructure after the Korean War; with President Park Chung Hee, Chung constructed the Gyeongbu Expressway to connect Seoul to Busan in 1970. Chung's business ventures steered through the tumultuous times of Japanese colonial rule in Korea and the post-Korean War stresses on the economy. Chung explained his success in his statement: "Our people succeeded because they devoted their enterprising spirits. They used the forces of other minds. Conviction creates indomitable efforts. This is the key to true miracles, man's potential is limitless."
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as North Korean businesspeople born between 1915 and 1915. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased North Korean businesspeople include Chung Ju-yung. As of April 2024, 1 new North Korean businesspeople have been added to Pantheon including Chung Ju-yung.
