[ Global Billionaires Series 90 ] Hyundai Motor Group Honorary Chairman Chung Mong-koo's Epic
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A Giant on the Asphalt, Indomitable Challenge and Immortal Legacy 1. Prologue As the protagonist ranked 90th in the 2026 World's Billionaires Top 100 series, Honorary Chairman Chung Mong-koo of Hyundai Motor Group—who elevated South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group to the ranks of the global Big 3—has written an epic that far transcends a conventional chronological success story. Some may lightly dismiss him as a second-generation heir who inherited vast wealth from birth. However, that single casual word can never fully capture the decades of bloody showdowns he endured, his bulldozer-like obsession centered on the field, and the heavy weight of the independent kingdom he forged through his own bitter struggles in the colossal, towering shadow of his late father, Asan Chung Ju-yung. If his son, Chairman Euisun Chung, introduced yesterday, is a sophisticated strategist who elegantly and intricately designs a future centered on smart mobility and software, Honorary Chairman Chung Mo...