Cho Yang-ho

Cho Yang-ho (; sometimes written Y. H. Cho; 8 March 1949 – 8 April 2019) was a South Korean businessman who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Korean Air and chairman of the Hanjin Group.

Career Born in Seoul, In addition, he served as the chairman of the board of directors at both Inha and Hankuk Aviation University.

In 2000, he was convicted of tax evasion.

He was appointed the head of the Pyeong Chang 2018 Bid Committee, which won the bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2018. He later served as the president and CEO of the Pyeong Chang 2018 Organizing Committee from 2014 to 2016.

In May 2018, a protest rally called for Cho to step down as chairman of Korean Air. In March 2019, under the support of NPS, he was ousted from the board by shareholders amid various scandals involving him and his family members, including the nut rage incident. This was the first time that a founding member of a major South Korean family was forced from the board and it is considered to have been a victory for those working to restrict the powers of the chaebols.

Personal life and death Cho was the son of , the founder of Hanjin Group and head of Korean Air.

Cho was married, with a son, Cho Won-tae, and two daughters: (also known as Heather Cho and formerly Cho Hyeon-ah) and (also known as Emily Cho). All three children are graduates of the University of Southern California.

Awards April 2005: Order of the Polar Star (highest civilian honor awarded by Mongolia to foreign citizens) October 2005: Moran Medal of the Order of Civil Merit (South Korea) January 2012: Grand Order of Mugunghwa (South Korea) November 2015: Grand Officier in the Legion of Honour (France)