Life Summary
Choi Yun-birm ("최윤범" in Korean) is the chairman of Korea Zinc.

He is making all-out efforts to defend against an attempted takeover of management rights by a coalition formed by MBK Partners and Youngpoong.

He was born on March 17, 1975, the second son among two sons and one daughter of Choi Chang-gul, honorary chairman of Korea Zinc, and Yoo Jung-geun, former president of the Korean Red Cross.

He majored in mathematics and English literature at Amherst College in the United States, and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School.

After working as a lawyer in New York, he joined Korea Zinc as director of the management support division at the Onsan Smelter.

He began his career with the company at its local subsidiary in Peru for mining development and primarily worked at overseas subsidiaries, including a zinc smelter in Australia. He rose through the ranks to become co-CEO in 2019 and was appointed chairman in December 2022.

As Korea Zinc holds the top position in the global non-ferrous metal smelting industry, he is driving future growth under the "Troika Drive" strategy, which focuses on three sectors: secondary battery materials, renewable energy, and resource recycling.

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