Gene Yoon
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Gene Yoonsoo Yoon | |
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| Born | September 9, 1945 |
| Occupation | FILA chairman |
| Gene Yoon | |
| Hangul | 윤윤수 |
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| Hanja | 尹潤洙 |
| Revised Romanization | Yun Yun-su |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yun Yun-su |
Yoon Yoon-su, commonly known in English as Gene Yoon (Korean 윤윤수; Hwaseong, 9 September 1945) is a South Korean business man. He is the current chairman of FILA.[1]
Biography
Yoon graduated from Seoul High School in 1964, and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Department of Political Science & Diplomacy in 1974. He started his career with Korea Shipping Corporation (KSC) before working in merchandising from JC Penney October 1975 to July 1981.[2] He then worked for Hwasung Co., Ltd. till March 1984 as export director, then becoming chairman of Care Line Corp. From June 1991 until the present he has been Chairman & CEO of Fila Korea Ltd., organising a buyout of Fila brand in 2007.[3][4]
He is also currently executive vice chairman of Korea International Trade Association.
Book
- The reason why i get 1.8 billion won per year (내가 연봉 18억원을 받는 이유)
References
- ^ 윤윤수 휠라·아큐시네트 회장 "타이틀리스트 M&A, 하버드서 강의하겠다네요"
- ^ Getting to know Gene Yoon
- ^ Forbes 181 p68 2008 "43% from its peak in 1997, Fila is taken private in a $350 million purchase by Sports Brands International, a unit of private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. 2007 New Fila Chief GENE YOON orchestrates buyout of Fila brand for $450 ..."
- ^ Korea Trade & Investment 19 2-6 p58 "GENE YOON parlayed that strategy into launching one of Korea's most spectacular foreign business success stories. Just ten years after opening its doors with a capitalization of $350,000, sportswear-company FILA Korea achieved an annual."
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