Chung Mong-joon
"Chung Mong-joon (born October 17, 1951 in Busan, South Korea) is a South Korean businessman and politician.
He is honorary vice president of FIFA and the former president of the Korea Football Association. He is also the controlling shareholder in Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, the second largest Korean chaebol and one of the largest corporations in the world. He is the sixth son of the Hyundai conglomerate founder, Chung Ju-yung.
Chung is a graduate of Seoul National University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Johns Hopkins University with Ph.D. He is also the chairman of the board of the University of Ulsan and Ulsan College in Ulsan South Korea.
Korea's richest politician saw his fortune increase by $3 billion. Assemblyman is the biggest individual shareholder in Hyundai Heavy Industries, which he ran until 1988 before he entered politics. Brother of billionaire Chung Mong-Koo is said to have close ties to the current Korean president, a former Hyundai executive. Vice president of FIFA, world governing body for soccer.
He is also a member of the National Assembly of Korea, representing Ulsan. In 1998, Chung won a seat in the National Assembly of South Korea and is now in his fifth term in office. In 2002, he ran for the presidency, where Chung formed a coalition with candidate Roh Moo-hyun to swing voters away from conservative Grand National Party candidate Lee Hoi-chang. Chung controversially withdrew his endorsement of Roh in the last hour; but Roh went on to win the election nonetheless. In September 2010, he announced his intent to run for the presidency in December.
A talented sportsman, Chung won a silver medal in a national competition for equestrian jumping in 1976, and once placed fourth in a Korean cross-country skiing championship.