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Park Hyeon-joo is the Chairman of Mirae Asset Group.

He is focusing on expanding global business by paying close attention to the Indian market and overseas exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

He was born on October 17, 1958, in Gwangju.

He graduated from Gwangju Jeil High School and the Department of Business Administration at Korea University.

After working at Dongyang Securities and serving as a director at Dongwon Securities, he founded Mirae Asset Venture Investment and Mirae Asset Global Investments in 1997.

He expanded the group’s business areas into securities and insurance by successively launching Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Mirae Asset Securities, and Mirae Asset Life Insurance.

He grew the group through a series of mergers and acquisitions, including SK Investment Trust Management, SK Life Insurance, and KDB Daewoo Securities, as well as local ETF management companies in Canada, the United States, and Australia, and the Indian securities firm Sharekhan.

After stepping down as Chairman of Mirae Asset Securities, he has been focusing on overseas business as Global Strategy Officer.

He is regarded as a pioneer of Korea’s capital market and one of the country’s top financial strategists.

He serves as Co-Chair of the Strategy Committee of the National Growth Fund.

He is often described as having a gambler’s mindset and an instinctive sense for investment.

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