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 Iraq, and Bangladesh.
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. The eldest son of a poor Korean farmer, Chung founded Hyundai Heavy Industries and is considered influential in the development of the South Korean economy. Under his leadership, Hyundai became the world's largest shipbuilder, and Hyundai Motor Group expanded to become the largest automobile manufacturer in Korea, and the third-largest worldwide.
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.
