SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won posted about a food-tech startup in the U.S. on social media. On his Instagram account, Chey said he visited Wildtype, a San Francisco-based startup that makes salmon from cultivated fish cells, during a business trip to the U.S. Chey posted photos and videos of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, who serves as chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), is stepping up to spearhead the industrialization of Korean food in the private sector. The business body announced Tuesday that it has chosen Korean food’s industrialization as the primary theme for [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has suggested possible changes or a delay in SK’s multibillion dollar investment plans for the next few years, citing higher borrowing and raw material costs. Chey made the remarks at a forum in Jeju this week, noting the effect of the global easy-money policy [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won met with key business leaders during his visit to Japan last week and discussed cooperation in various areas, including semiconductors and batteries, industry sources said Wednesday. During the three-day trip from Wednesday through Friday, Chey met with Kenichiro Yoshida, CEO of Sony Group Corp.; [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won will double as a chairman at SK Telecom Co., the mobile carrier unit under the conglomerate’s wing, to accelerate its digital innovation efforts centering on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, SK said Monday. The board of SK Telecom has endorsed Chey as an unpaid and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has met with a visiting U.S. senator and discussed cooperation in green business, including electric vehicle (EV) batteries, and climate change, the conglomerate said Wednesday. The meeting with Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Monday came as SK has been ramping up investment in America [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, famous for his enthusiasm in environment, social and governance (ESG) management, has shown interest in alternative foods on his social media accounts. On Tuesday, Chey posted pictures of purchases of alternative meat, ice cream, butter, milk and other alternative food in the U.S. on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief of SK Group was appointed as the new head of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), a powerful business lobby group, the KCCI said Monday. Member chairs unanimously agreed to tap SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won as the sole candidate for the new chief to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Chey Tae-won, chairman of South Korea’s SK Group, has been named vice president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the top sports governing body on the continent. “The General Assembly elected a new OCA Vice President to serve as coordinator for the 90 sports federations that take part [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The heir apparent of Hyundai Motor Group met with the head of refinery-to-battery conglomerate SK Group on Tuesday to discuss cooperation in the electric vehicle (EV) business. Hyundai Motor Group Executive Vice Chairman Chung Euisun and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won discussed cooperation on next-generation EV battery technologies, power [...]