Only university not in the Seoul area to be in the top 6
Three CEOs including Kang Hak-seo (Business Administration '79), president of Hyundai Steel
[2015-4-23]
YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) was listed in the nation's top six for universities with alumni as CEOs of the nation's top 100 companies that lead the Korean economy.
Recently, the monthly economic periodical, Modern Management, made this announcement after analyzing the educational backgrounds of the CEOs of Korea's top 100 companies. In result, it was found that for the 134 CEOs in the 100 top companies, YU placed sixth in the nation, and first in universities outside of the Seoul area.
In addition to YU, which was the only university to be placed in the top six among universities not in the Seoul area, 48 were from Seoul National University, 21 from Korea University, 14 from Yonsei University, 11 from Hanyang University, 4 from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 3 from Seogang University, and two each from Pusan National University, Sungkyunkwan University, Inha University, and Choong Ang University, to complete the list of the top 10.
YU graduated a total of three CEOs in the nation's top 100 companies, including Kang Hak-seo (6), who is the president of Hyundai Steel. Hyundai Steel CEO Kang Hak-seo was from the YU Department of Business Administration class of 79 and served as the vice-president and CEO of Hyundai-Rotem, and the vice president of Hyundai Steel, and then became appointed as the CEO of Hyundai Steel in October of last year.
Meanwhile, YU was also placed in the nation's top 10 for university rankings for graduating executives for the top 10 companies in term of market value by the Chosun Daily last year. In the KOSAQ Association's survey on 'Manager Status of Corporations listed in KOSDAQ', YU placed sixth in the nation for two consecutive years in 2013 and 2014 and first outside of the Seoul area, demonstrating the power of the alumni who are leading the financial circles of Korea.
