Dongwon Industries

Dongwon Industries, Co., Ltd. (Korean: 동원산업주식회사) is a South Korean seafood company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Dongwon Industries, Co., Ltd.

Native name	동원산업주식회사
Company type	Public
Traded as	KRX: 006040
Industry	Fishing
Founded	16 April 1969; 56 years ago (1969-04-16)
Founder	Kim Jae-chul
Headquarters	Seoul and Busan, South Korea
Area served	Worldwide
Korean name
Hangul	동원산업
Hanja	東遠產業
Revised Romanization	Dong-won Saneop
McCune–Reischauer	Tong'wŏn Sanŏp
Website	www.dwml.co.kr/eng

Background

Founded by Kim Jae-chul in 1969, it is the main representative of the Dongwon chaebol, a family conglomerate comprising 15 affiliates.^[1] Dongwon is South Korea's largest fishing company and the owner of StarKist Tuna.^[2] Kim Nam-jung, the son of Kim Jae-chul, serves as the current chairman and CEO of Dongwon Group.

Korea Investment Holdings, one of Korea's largest financial companies, was a financial branch of Dongwon Chaebol. The firm is now owned and managed by Kim Nam-goo, another son of Kim Jae-chul and billionaire investor in Korea.