| Hong Jung-wook | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office May 30, 2008 |
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| Constituency | Nowon-gu |
| Member of South Korean National Assembly | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 April 1970 Seoul, South Korea |
| Political party | Grand National Party |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 홍정욱 |
| Hanja | 洪政旭 |
| Revised Romanization | Hong Jeong-uk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hong Chŏnguk |
Hong Jung-wook (홍정욱) (born March 14, 1970) is a Member of the National Assembly of Korea. He was elected for Nowon-gu in Seoul.
Hong was Chairman, CEO & Publisher of Herald Media. He also served as Chairman & CEO of Herald Education Inc. - one of Herald Media’s subsidiaries, and Chairman & CEO of Kalia Inc. - his wholly owned holding company and the largest shareholder of Herald Media. Since 2002, he had been on the board of the Korea Newspaper Association and the Korea Press Ethics Commission, and was on the board of all Herald Media’s subsidiaries, including Herald Schools Inc., Digital Herald Inc., and Herald China Inc.
Previously, he worked as an investment banker with Lehman Brothers and an attorney with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission in New York. After graduating from Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, he received his B.A. in East Asian studies at Harvard University and J.D. at Stanford University, and studied at Beijing University in China and Seoul National University in Korea. He has written many articles and published a book titled “Seven Acts Seven Scenes,” an autobiography that has sold over 1 million copies in Korea.