Shin Dong-joo
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Shin Dong-joo

Korea 72 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
Retail
Residence
Tokyo
Education
Aoyama Gakuin University (Bachelor of Arts/Economics)
Columbia Business School (Master of Business Administration)
Marital Status
Married
Children
1

Biography

Shin Dong-joo is the eldest son of Shin Kyuk-Ho, the late founder of Lotte Group, one of South Korea's largest conglomerates.

The retail heavyweight has interests ranging from food and beverage to chemicals, construction and professional baseball.

In 2015, he was dismissed from his executive positions in the group after a bitter feud with his brother Dong-Bin.

About

Lotte started as a confectionery manufacturer in Japan in 1948 and expanded into South Korea in 1967.

At the start of his career, he worked for Mitsubishi in Japan in 1978.