Kia Corporation
South Korean automobile manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kia Corporation formerly known as Kia Motors (Korean: 기아자동차, ki.a) is a car company. The headquarters are in Seoul, South Korea. It is the second-largest automobile manufacturer in that country, after Hyundai Motor Company. Kia sold of over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010.[2] The company is partly owned by the Hyundai Motor Group. Hyoung-Keun (Hank) Lee has been president since August 2009.[3]
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Movement that inspires | |
Company type | Public |
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KRX: 000270 | |
Industry | Automobile manufacturer |
Genre | Automotive |
Founded | December 11, 1944 |
Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
Area served | Worldwide except for Japan and North Korea |
Key people | Han-Woo Park (President & CEO) |
Products | Automobiles |
Revenue | ₩23.26 trillion (2010) ($21.261 billion USD) |
₩2.254 trillion (2010) ($2.06 billion USD) | |
Total assets | ₩18.625 trillion (2010) ($17 billion USD) |
Owner | Hyundai Motor Group (33.88[1]) |
Number of employees | 52,488 (as of December 2019) |
Website | www |
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Quick Facts Hangul, Hanja ...
Kia Corporation | |
Hangul | 기아자동차 |
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Hanja | 起亞自動車 |
Revised Romanization | Gia Jadongcha |
McCune–Reischauer | Kia Chadongch'a |
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The word Kia comes from Korean words meaning "to arise from Asia to the world". 1944