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Choi Myung-bae is chairman and CEO of Exicon.

He also serves as chairman and CEO of YC Corporation and as CEO of Semtek Co., Ltd., DHK Solution Corporation and Semtools Corp..

He was born in Yeongyang County, North Gyeongsang Province, on October 1, 1952.

He graduated from Kyungdong High School in Seoul and Seoul National University with a degree in metallurgical engineering.

After joining Samsung C&T, he moved to Samsung Electronics, where he worked as head of the Memory Sales Team in the Semiconductor Sales Division.

He joined semiconductor testing equipment maker DI Corporation and was appointed CEO in 2000.

After leaving the company, he established Semtek and acquired Test ENG (now Exicon), a semiconductor testing equipment maker.

He acquired the semiconductor memory wafer tester business from Japan's Yokogawa Electric Corporation and established YIK (now YC Corporation) in 2012.

Having worked in the semiconductor materials, parts and equipment industry for more than 30 years, he is one of the figures who led the localization of South Korea's semiconductor equipment ecosystem.

He serves as a non-standing vice chairman of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA).

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