Park Jun-kyung, the eldest son of Kumho Petrochemical Chairman Park Chan-koo, was promoted to president from senior executive vice president, as part of the company s management succession to the third generation of its owner family, according to the synthetic rubber maker, Friday. With the promotion, the younger Park became president a year and a half after being promoted to senior executive vice president. He is a grandson of the petrochemical company s founder Park In-chon.
Posted : 2021-07-06 08:57
By Kim Hyun-bin
Kumho Petrochemical may be starting to undergo a generational succession after Group Chairman Park Chan-koo stepped down from his positions as CEO and board member of the group s core affiliate. Industry watchers believe a succession is starting to take place as the chairman s children are moving swiftly up the ranks within the conglomerate.
However, there is a key obstacle standing in the way of the transition: although shareholders have backed the chairman to maintain management control, his nephew, Park Chul-wan, led the so-called nephew s revolt earlier this year.
Chul-wan is the son of late Kumho Group Chairman Park Jeong-koo, who was the older brother of current Chairman Park Chan-koo.