Summary
Park Jeong-won, the 10th Chairman of Doosan Group, is the eldest son of Park Yong-kon, the 3rd generation chairman, and the first 4th generation executive from the founding family. He has been the chairman of Doosan Group since March 2016. He is credited with quickly resolving the financial difficulties that began with the real estate project financing troubles of Doosan Construction, which also affected Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, through the sale of subsidiaries and other assets. It took 23 months to repay 3 trillion won of debt and to exit the creditor bank management structure. Following this, Doosan Group has been looking for new growth opportunities in various business areas including Doosan Bobcat, Doosan Fuel Cell (hydrogen fuel cells), Doosan Robotics (collaborative robots), and Doosan Tesna (semiconductor post-processing).
Park Jeong-won joined Doosan Corporation in 1985. He became the executive managing director of Oriental Brewery (OB Brewery) in 1994, and in 1999 he became the vice president and CEO of Doosan. In 2001, he became the president and CEO of Doosan, followed by the vice chairman in 2007, and then became the chairman of Doosan E&C and the owner of the Doosan Bears baseball team in 2009. In May 2012, he became the chairman of Doosan Corporation, the holding company.
Timeline
▲ 1981 = Graduated from Daeil High School.
▲ 1985 = Graduated from Korea University with a degree in Business Administration.
▲ 1989 = Earned an MBA from Boston University Graduate School.
▲ 1985 = Joined Doosan Corporation.
▲ 1990 = Worked at Doosan Industrial New York branch.
▲ 1990 = Worked at Doosan Industrial Tokyo branch.
▲ 1992 = Worked at Kirin Brewery Company in Japan.
▲ 1993 = Manager of OB Brewery.
▲ 1994 = Director of OB Brewery.
▲ 1997 = Executive managing director in charge of the liquor division at OB Brewery.
▲ 1998 = Executive managing director of Doosan’s Management Division.
▲ 1999 = Executive director in charge of Doosan’s Management Division.
▲ 1999 = Vice President and CEO of Doosan Corporation.
▲ 2001 = President and CEO of Doosan Corporation.
▲ 2005 = Vice Chairman of Doosan Industrial Development Company (Currently Doosan E&C).
▲ 2007 = CEO of Doosan Motors.
▲ 2007 = Vice Chairman of Doosan Corporation.
▲ 2009 = Chairman of Doosan E&C.
▲ 2009 = Owner of Doosan Bears baseball team.
▲ 2012 = Chairman of Doosan Corporation.
▲ 2016 = Chairman and CEO of Doosan Group.
