Choi Younggeun, Third-Generation Member of SK Founder’s Family, Returns to Group After 5 Years as Head of Heritage Team

Third-generation Member of the Founder's Family
Returns After Suspended Prison Sentence for Drug Incident

Choi Younggeun, age 39, the third-generation member and eldest grandson of the founder's family of SK Group, has returned to the group after five years.

Profile of Younggeun Choi, the third-generation heir of SK Group. Screenshot of Younggeun Choi's social media account.

According to the business community on June 18, Choi has been working as the head of the Heritage Team at SK Inc., the holding company of SK Group, since September of last year. He is responsible for planning and managing cultural and art programs that utilize the group's cultural assets, such as Sunhye-won, which served as the private residence and personal research institute of the late SK Group founder Choi Jong-gun, as well as the SK Old House.

Choi graduated from Parsons School of Design in the United States and has experience working as an intern at the local fashion brand Vera Wang. His appointment is seen as reflecting his academic background and relevant work experience.

Choi is the grandson of the late founder Choi Jong-gun and the only son of Choi Yoon-won, the former chairman of SK Chemicals, who passed away in 2000. After completing his military service in the Marine Corps in 2011, he worked as a manager in charge of human resources at SK D&D. However, he left the company in 2020 following a drug-related incident.

Choi was indicted on charges of habitual use of synthetic cannabis and in 2019 received a sentence of one year in prison, suspended for two years.

Meanwhile, as of the end of the first quarter this year, Choi holds a 5.32% stake in SK Discovery, the intermediate holding company of SK Group.

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