Suh Kyung-bae (born January 14, 1963) is a South Korean billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of Amorepacific Corporation, a Korean cosmetics company founded by his father Suh Sung-whan in 1945.
Suh Kyung-bae | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 14, 1963 |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Education | Yonsei University Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman, AmorePacific |
| Children | 2 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 서경배 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seo Gyeong-bae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ Kyŏngbae |
Early life
editSuh Kyung-bae was born in South Korea in 1963.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Yonsei University and an MBA from Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.[1]
Career
editIn 1997, Suh inherited the company from his father and guided the company's global expansion. According to Forbes, Amorepacific became one of the world's 100 most innovative companies.[2]
In 2006, Suh received the Légion d'honneur from the French government. In 2015, he was selected as "Businessman of the Year" by Forbes Asia Magazine and in 2017, was ranked world's 20th, Asia's 2nd best-performing CEO by Harvard Business Review and INSEAD Business School.[3]
Non-profit work
editIn 2016, Suh established Suh Kyung-bae Science Foundation.[4] Since 2017, the foundation has awarded 14 scientists grants of between 1.5 billion and 2.5 billion won.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Forbes profile: Suh Kyung-Bae". Forbes. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Chung, Grace. "How South Korea's AmorePacific Became One Of The World's Most Innovative Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Amorepacific. "Chairman and CEO of Amorepacific Group Suh Kyung-bae Ranks #20 on Harvard Business Review's Best-Performing CEOs List". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "서경배과학재단". www.suhf.org. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Chung, Grace. "Asia's 2019 Heroes Of Philanthropy: Catalysts For Change". Forbes. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
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