Awards & Recognition
★MotorTrend 2025 Person of the Year
★Highest rank on MotorTrend's 50-person 2025 Power List
★First non-Korean to be named global CEO of major Korean conglomerate
Notable Facts
→President and CEO of Hyundai Motor Company (promoted from COO in January 2025)
→First non-Korean to be named global CEO of major Korean conglomerate
→Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Polytechnic University of Madrid
→Executive MBA from IE Business School in Madrid
→Previous roles at Nissan (15 years), Toyota, and Daewoo
→Led $12.6 billion investment in Georgia manufacturing facility
→Overseeing Hyundai Motor Group's growth to third largest automaker globally
→Fluent in English, Spanish, and French
→Based in multiple locations due to global role