Lee Joo-sung
Lee Joo-sung | |
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| 이주성 | |
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| Born | August 11, 1978 |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | President and CEO of SeAH Steel Holdings |
| Board member of | SeAH Steel Holdings SeAH Steel Corp. |
Lee Joo-sung (Korean: 이주성; born 1978) is a South Korean businessman.[1] He is the President and CEO of SeAH Steel Holdings, a large Korean steel conglomerate, since January 2022, and the largest shareholder of the company.[2][3]
Biography
[edit]Lee Joo-sung was born in 1978, in Seoul. He is son of the current SeAH Group chairman Lee Soon-hyung and grandson of the corporation's founder Lee Jong-deok. This makes him a third-generation descendant of the conglomerate, together with his cousin Lee Tae-sung. He majored in Economics and East Asian Languages & Civilizations in the University of Chicago (2001) and received an MBA from Columbia University in 2011.
He took a leading role as Senior Executive Vice President in SeAH Steel in 2018, after SeAH Steel Corp. demerged into two separate entities.[4] In January 2022, Lee was promoted to President and CEO of SeAH Steel Holdings.[2]
In the present, Lee is actively diversifying the company activities by investing in renewable energy in UK, Denmark and other European Countries.[5] Lee created the UK-based subsidiary SeAH Wind and negotiated with the British government the construction of the world's biggest offshore wind power facility.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Joo-Sung Lee, Seah Steel Holdings: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ a b "Lee Joo-sung Named President & CEO of SeAH Steel Holdings". Bloomberg.com. 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ "이태성 '특수강'·이주성 '강관' 동반 '호실적'…세아그룹 사촌경영 안착?". 종합일간지 : 신문/웹/모바일 등 멀티 채널로 국내외 실시간 뉴스와 수준 높은 정보를 제공 (in Korean). 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ "SeAH Steel to split into holding and operating units by Sept. 1 - Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea". m.pulsenews.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ 최, 지원 (2022-08-12). "[살길은융합-철강편②] 세아제강 이주성, 해상풍력 100개 '새 바람'". 신아일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ "코로나19에도 빛난 세아제강지주 이주성 부사장의 '리더쉽'". 철강금속신문 (in Korean). 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2023-01-11.