Chung Ji-yi

Chung Ji-yi (; born 17 December 1977) is a South Korean business executive and the eldest daughter of Hyundai Group Chairwoman and the late Chung Mong-hun, former chairman of Hyundai Group. She is the Executive Vice President at .

Biography Chung was born on 17 December 1977 into the Hyundai founding family. She is the granddaughter of Chung Ju-yung, the founder of Hyundai Group. She joined Hyundai Merchant Marine in 2004 as an entry-level employee in the Finance Department after graduating from Seoul National University with a degree in Archaeology and Art History and earning a master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from Yonsei University. She later worked at major Hyundai Group affiliates, including Hyundai U&I and Hyundai Global.

During the peak of the Mount Kumgang tourism project in 2005 and 2007, she accompanied Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun on visits to North Korea, where they met with the late National Defense Commission Chairman Kim Jong-il.

She assumed the position of Chair of the Imdang Scholarship and Culture Foundation in 2018 and has since continued to carry out various initiatives to promote education, culture, the arts, sports, and talent development.

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