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Hur Sae-hong is vice chairman and CEO of GS Caltex. He also serves as chairman of the board of GS Caltex.

He is a fourth-generation member of the GS Group founding family and one of the candidates to become the group's next chairman.

He was born in Seoul on November 21, 1969, as the eldest of two sons and one daughter of Hur Dong-soo, honorary chairman of GS Caltex.

He graduated from Whimoon High School in Seoul and Yonsei University with a degree in business administration. He completed an MBA program at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business in the United States.

He began his career at Osaki Electric in Japan and worked at the Korean branch of Bankers Trust and IBM's headquarters in New York.

He joined GS Caltex and served as head of the Petrochemical Business Division and head of the Petrochemical and Lubricants Business Division.

He became CEO of GS Global in 2017 and emerged as a leading candidate to succeed to the management of GS Group when he took over as CEO of GS Caltex in 2019.

He was promoted to vice chairman of GS Caltex in November 2025.

He is a man of few words and enjoys golf.

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