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Cho Hyun-joon (조현준; born January 16, 1968) is a South Korean businessman and has been the Chairman of Hyosung Group since 2017.

Early Life
Born in Seoul in 1968, he graduated from Boseong Middle School, St. Paul's High School, Yale University School of Political Science and Keio University Graduate School of Law in Japan. In 2011, he married Lee Mi-Kyung who is third daughter of Lee Hee-sang, a member of the Dong-Awon Group.

In 1992, he joined Mitsubishi Corporation in Tokyo, Japan as a new employee and worked for the Energy Department and the Oil Import Department. In 1995, he worked at Morgan Stanley Tokyo branch at the Corporate Sales Department. In 1997, he joined Hyosung T & C (now Hyosung) as the manager of the management planning team and engaged in the merger of Hyosung T & C, Hyosung Products, Hyosung Life Industry, and Hyosung Heavy Industries. He was promoted to Managing Director in 2000, Executive Director in 2011 and to Vice President in 2003. He served as the Chief of Hyosung Trade PG in 2005, Hyosung Chief of Textile PG and President of Trade PG in 2007 while in 2011 he was Hyosung Chief of Textile and President of IT PG and Strategy HQ. He was inaugurated as the Chairman of Hyosung Group in 2017.

Promotion to Chairman
On December 29, 2016, President Cho Hyun-joon took office as chairman.

Educational Background

 * 1983 Posung Middle School
 * 1987 Saint Paul’s School (Concord, NH) in the US
 * 1991 Yale University, Dept. of Politics
 * 1996 Keio University, Dept. of Politics in the Graduate School of Law (Master)

Personal Life
Cho is fluent in a variety of foreign languages such as English, Japanese, and Italian, and is interested in various fields such as politics, culture, and society. He has been acquainted with young leaders of the United States, Japan and China.