• CEO of Hyundai Wia
    Kwon O-sung

    First Engineer CEO, Born 1970s, Driving EV and Robot Future

    Last Updated on Jan 28, 2026

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Life Summary
Kwon O-sung is CEO and Executive Vice President of Hyundai Wia.

He is focusing on reshaping the company into one centered on electric vehicle (EV) dedicated driving components and intelligent robots.

He was born on August 14, 1970.

He graduated from the Department of Mechanical Design at Seoul National University.

He joined Hyundai Motor Company and worked as a Senior Research Engineer, and later served as Head of the Steering System Development Office, Head of the MLV Test Center, and Executive Vice President in charge of the R&D Support Business Division.

On July 1, 2025, he was promoted to Executive Vice President of Hyundai Wia and was appointed CEO.

He became the first engineer-turned CEO in Hyundai Wia’s history and the first CEO born in the 1970s, marking a signal moment for the emergence of CEOs in their 50s within Hyundai Motor Group.

He is regarded as one of the top engineers within Hyundai Motor Group, with deep expertise across a wide range of technologies, from product design to system optimization.

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