Yoon Sang-hyun is the Vice Chairman of Kolmar Korea. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the holding company, Kolmar Holdings.
He succeeded Kolmar Korea after his father, former Kolmar Holdings Chairman Yoon Dong-han, stepped down from management.
He is focusing on expanding the value chain of the cosmetics business and restructuring Kolmar Group’s governance.
He was born on December 18, 1974, as the eldest of one son and one daughter of former Chairman Yoon Dong-han.
He graduated from the Department of Agricultural Economics at Seoul National University. He earned a master's degree in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science in the UK, and a master's degree in management science from Stanford University in the United States.
He worked at the U.S. consulting firm Bain & Company before joining Kolmar Korea as Executive Director of the Planning and Management Division.
He served as Executive Vice President at both the business entity Kolmar Korea and the holding company Kolmar Holdings, then was appointed CEO and President of Kolmar Holdings in 2016 and CEO and President of Kolmar Korea’s cosmetics division in 2017. He also served as Co-CEO of CJ Healthcare.
He was promoted to Vice Chairman and CEO of Kolmar Korea but stepped down from both the CEO position at Kolmar Korea and the CEO position at HK inno.N in 2020. In 2024, he was appointed Vice Chairman and CEO of Kolmar Holdings.
He successfully led major mergers and acquisitions for Kolmar Korea.
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