Hanjin

Hanjin KAL Corporation
Native name
한진칼
Company typePublic
KRX: 180640
IndustryConglomerate
FoundedNovember 1945 (1945-11)
FounderCho Choong-hoon
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Key people
Walter Cho
(Chairman and CEO)
Ryu Kyeong-Pyo
(President)
Owner
SubsidiariesKorean Air, Jin Air
Websitehanjinkal.co.kr

The Hanjin Group (Korean한진 그룹; Hanja韓進 그룹; RRHanjin Geurup) is a South Korean chaebol. The group has various industries covered from transportation and airlines to hotels, tourism, and airport businesses, and one of the largest chaebols in Korea. The group includes Korean Air (KAL), which was acquired by the founder Cho Choong-hoon in 1969, and was the owner of Hanjin Shipping (once the largest shipping company in Korea) before its bankruptcy. In 2013, Hanjin Group officially switched from cross ownership to a holding company structure with the establishment of Hanjin KAL Corporation. The group is controlled by descendants of Cho Choong-hoon, and many construction chaebols are the major shareholders of Hanjin KAL.


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