Portrait of Kim Nam-jung

Rank #3060

Kim Nam-jung

Net worth $1.0B

Food · South Korea

Born
Jan 01, 1973
Age
53
Source
Food
Residence
Seoul
Citizenship
South Korea
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Korea University; Master of Business Administration, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Kim Nam-jung is the chairman of Dongwon Industries, a conglomerate best known for its famous canned tunas in Korea.
  • He is the younger son of Dongwon founder Kim Jae-chul, who started the business in 1969; his first overseas base was in Ghana in 1973.
  • In addition to a wide range of packaged seafood, Dongwon provides outsourced meals, operates cold-storage facilities and has a logistics operation.
  • He took over the position in 2019 when the elder Kim stepped down as Dongwon's chairman after 50 years.
  • Nam-jung joined the business in a blue-collar position in 1996.
  • Dongwon acquired leading U.S. tuna brand StarKist in 2008.

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