Sung-Joo Kim
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_crop.jpg) Sung-Joo Kim at the Horasis Annual Meeting in 2011 |
Sung-Joo Kim (born 1956 in South Korea) is the Chairwoman and CEO of Sungjoo Group and MCM Holdings AG.[1]
She was ranked among the "Top 50 Women to Watch" by the Wall Street Journal in (2004) and Selected as one of the "New Century Leaders" in CNN for the Best of Asia in (2003). She is known for being actively involved in promoting women's leadership, supporting humanitarian causes worldwide and for her outspoken stance against corruption[2]
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[edit] Published works
- Wake Up Call: A Beautiful Outcast (Random House Joongang, 2000)
- "Corporate Responsibility and Attitudes Towards Women", in: Frank-Jürgen Richter and Pamela Mar: Recreating Asia, New York: John Wiley, 2002.
[edit] Awards
- 1997: "Global Leaders for Tomorrow" by World Economic Forum
- 1999: "The 20 Most Powerful International Businesswomen" by Working Woman
- 2001: "7 most powerful women in Asia" by Asiaweek
- 2002: "Pride of Korea Grand Prize Winner" by Korean Press Association
- 2003: "New Century Leaders" by CNN for The Best of Asia
- 2004: "75 Top Powerful Women Around the World" by Bilanz
- 2004: "Woman of the Year Award" from the Korean National Council of Women
- 2005: "Korean Women Leadership Award" for Young Leader, from YWCA Korea
- 2007: "Spirit of Asian America" Gala Honorees by the AAFNY (Asian American Federation of New York)
- 2007: "100 People to Enlighten the world 2007 "by Korean Green Foundation
- 2011: Doctor Honoris Causa from BSL, Business School Lausanne
[edit] References
- ^ "Profile: Sung-Joo Kim". The Daily Telegraph. 19 April 2008. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/2788489/Profile-Sung-Joo-Kim.html. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "‘I did not consider myself as a ‘tea lady - I was determined to attack corruption'.". http://www.horasis.org/Horasis%20Annual%20Meeting%202011%20-%20Report%20.pdf.
