Chey Tae-won

Chey Tae-won fascinates me less as a billionaire than as a steward of scale. Running SK Group, South Korea's second-largest conglomerate with 186 subsidiaries spanning SK Telecom, SK Hynix and SK Innovation, means his decisions ripple through telecoms, semiconductors and the national economy itself. A Korea University graduate, he has bet repeatedly on industries at the center of the modern world, and chairing the Korea Chamber of Commerce since 2021 shows ambition beyond his own balance sheet. Wealth is common; carrying that much responsibility with steadiness is rare. That nerve, more than the net worth, is what earns my respect.

Name (English)

Chey Tae-won

Name (Japanese)

崔泰源

Born

December 3, 1960 (age 65)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rat

Origin

Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Occupation

business executive / entrepreneur

University

Korea University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chey%20Tae-won
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E6%B3%B0%E6%BA%90%20(%E4%BC%81%E6%A5%AD%E4%BA%BA)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84040

Tags

• Gyeonggi Province
• business executive
• entrepreneur

Last updated

2026-06-21

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