1. Cho Yang-ho was a South Korean businessman who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Korean Air, chairman of the Hanjin Group, and a founding member of SkyTeam alliance.
12 Facts About Cho Yang-ho
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Cho Yang-ho was the chairman of the Hanjin Group, a transportation conglomerate.
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Cho Yang-ho was named to this post in February 2003 after having served as the Group's vice chairman since 1996.
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Cho Yang-ho was the Director and CEO of various subsidiary companies including Hanjin Shipping, Korea Airport Service, JungSeok Enterprise Co.
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Cho Yang-ho was elected vice-chairman of The Federation of Korean Industries in 1996, and held the title of honorary consul-general to Ireland in South Korea from 1995 until his death in 2019.
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Cho Yang-ho was named Chairman of the Korea-French High Level Businessmen's Club in October 2000 and served on the Board of Governors for the International Air Transport Association after being elected in May 2001.
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Cho Yang-ho formerly sat on the University of Southern California Board of Trustees for a span beginning in 1997.
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Cho Yang-ho was appointed the head of the Pyeong Chang 2018 Bid Committee, which won the bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2018.
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Cho Yang-ho later served as the president and CEO of the Pyeong Chang 2018 Organizing Committee from 2014 to 2016.
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Cho Yang-ho's 9th great grandfather, Jo Tae-chae, is a Right State Councilor during the reign of King Sukjong.
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On 8 April 2019, Cho Yang-ho died at a hospital in Los Angeles County, California, US, at the age of 70.
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Cho Yang-ho had been at the hospital since December 2018 receiving treatment for pulmonary fibrosis.