Hyundai
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| Hyundai | |
|---|---|
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul: | 현대 |
| Hanja: | 現代 |
| Revised Romanization: | Hyeondae |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Hyŏndae |
- For other uses, see Hyundai (disambiguation).
The Hyundai Group (pronounced: Hyun-day, not Hyun-dye), founded by Chung Ju-yung in 1947 as a construction company, was once South Korea's biggest conglomerate (chaebol). The company was split into five business entities on April 1, 2003.
- Hyundai Motor Group
- Hyundai Heavy Industries Group
- Hyundai Group
- Hyundai Department Store Group
- Hyundai Development Group
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Background
Before restructuring (beginning circa 2000), Hyundai's major areas of activity included shipbuilding, car manufacture, construction, retailing, finance, and electronics.
After founder Chung Ju-yung's death in 2001, the component companies of Hyundai were split off into separate companies.
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See also
- Chung Ju Yung visionary industrialist founder of Hyundai
- Hyundai
- Hyundai Motor Company, a division of Hyundai Motor Group
- Hyundai Heavy Industries
- Hyundai Asan, a division of Hyundai Group
- Hyundai Engineering and Construction, a division of Hyundai Development Group
- Hyundai Department Store Group
- Hyundai Development Group
- Hyundai Electronics, renamed as Hynix in 2001
- List of Korea-related topics
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External links
- Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) website (http://worldwide.hyundai-motor.com/)
- Yahoo! - Hyundai Motor Company Company Profile (http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/55/55281.html)
- Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) website (http://www.hhi.co.kr/)
- HHI Construction Equipment website (http://ce.hhi.co.kr/newpage/hyundai_eng/index.asp)
- Hyundai Asan website (http://www.hyundai-asan.com/)
- Hyundai Development website (http://www.i-park.com/)
- Hyundai Engineering and Construction website (http://en.hdec.co.kr/)
- Hyundai Crisis: Its Development and Resolution (http://www.gdnet.org/fulltext/lim2.pdf)
