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Choi Jeong-il is the CEO of PIE. Together with CEO Kim Hyun-joon, he leads PIE as co-CEO.

He is accelerating the expansion of the company’s business structure, which is centered on secondary batteries, into fields such as semiconductors, glass substrates, and pharmaceuticals.

He was born on December 16, 1970, in Seoul as the second son among two sons and one daughter.

He graduated from the Department of Electronic Engineering at Sogang University and earned a master’s degree in electronic engineering from Sogang University Graduate School.

He worked as an engineer at Samsung SDI for about 10 years and later served as vice president at DIT, a company specializing in semiconductor and display inspection equipment. He founded PIE in 2018.

He emphasizes technological independence and has grown PIE into a company with over KRW 100 billion (US$ 72.1 million) in revenue within seven years by pursuing a technology-centered management strategy.

He is a business leader who knows how to turn risk into opportunity.

Even after the failure of the SPAC merger, he successfully completed PIE’s KOSDAQ listing by focusing on investments in new technologies and business diversification.

He pursues investment from a long-term perspective.

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