Park Hyeon-joo

Park Hyeon-joo (; born October 17, 1958 ) is a South Korean businessman. He is the founder of Mirae Asset Financial Group and a venture capitalist. Called the "father of South Korea's mutual fund industry", he established the first mutual fund in the country in 1998.

He is among the richest people in South Korea. In December 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth as US$1.1 billion and ranked him 31st richest in the country. he cofounded Mirae Asset Investment Advisory and Mirae Asset Global Investments, along with eight colleagues from the securities industry. The company was the first professional asset management company in Korean history. Beginning in 2010, he began donating all his received dividends to talent development and social welfare programs through his foundation, the Mirae Asset Park Hyeon Joo Foundation.

In 2020, a subcompany of Mirae Asset, the vast majority of which was held by Park and his family (91.86%), was fined for unfair transactions that benefitted the owners of the company. Park did not receive any criminal charges for this, as Park did not order the transaction.

Personal life He is married to Kim Mi-gyeong . The couple have children Park Ha-min , Park Eun-min ,