Hyundai
| Hyundai | |
| Korean Name | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Hyeondae |
| McCune-Reischauer | Hyŏndae |
| Hangul | 현대 |
| Hanja | 現代 |
- For other uses, see Hyundai (disambiguation).
The Hyundai Group (pronounced: Hun-day, not Hun-dye), founded by Chung Ju-yung in 1947 as a construction company, was once South Korea's biggest conglomerate (chaebol). The company was split into five business entities on April 1, 2003.
- Hyundai Motor Group
- Hyundai Heavy Industries Group
- Hyundai Group
- Hyundai Department Store Group
- Hyundai Development Group
Background
Before restructuring (beginning circa 2000), Hyundai's major areas of activity included shipbuilding, car manufacture, construction, retailing, finance, and electronics.
After founder Chung Ju-yung's death in 2001, the component companies of Hyundai were split off into separate companies.
See also
- Hyundai
- Hyundai Motor Company, a division of Hyundai Motor Group
- Hyundai Heavy Industries
- Hyundai Asan, a division of Hyundai Group
- Hyundai Engineering and Construction, a division of Hyundai Development Group
- Hyundai Department Store Group
- Hyundai Development Group
- Hyundai Electronics, renamed as Hynix in 2001
- List of Korea-related topics
External Links
- Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) website
- Yahoo! – Hyundai Motor Company Company Profile
- Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) website
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