Shin Dong-bin is the chairman of Lotte Group. He also serves as the CEO of Lotte Corporation, Lotte Chemical, Lotte Wellfood, and Lotte Chilsung Beverage.
He is attempting to overcome the group’s crisis, which began with Lotte Chemical’s poor performance, through personnel renewal.
He is focusing on establishing a stable governance structure by listing Hotel Lotte to resolve its relationship with Japanese Lotte, while also working to improve the group’s image tarnished by the management corruption of the founding family.
He was born on February 14, 1955, in Tokyo, Japan, as the second son among two sons and two daughters of Shin Kyuk-ho, the founder of Lotte Group.
He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin’s kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and high school before earning his degree from Aoyama Gakuin University.
He completed an MBA program at Columbia Business School in the United States.
He worked at Nomura Securities in Japan before joining Lotte Corporation in Japan as a director.
He joined Lotte Group in Korea as an executive director of Honam Petrochemical, the predecessor of Lotte Chemical.
He served as vice president of the group’s Planning and Coordination Office and as head of the Policy Headquarters before becoming chairman in 2011 and later CEO of Lotte Holdings in Japan in 2015.
He has also served as the president of the Korea Ski Association.
He values humility and etiquette.
He is quiet but demonstrates strong determination.
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