The Hyundai Group (pronounced: Hun-day, not Hun-dye), founded by Chung Ju-yung in 1947 as a construction company, was once South Korea's biggest conglomerate (chaebol). The company was split into five business entities on April 1, 2003.

• Hyundai Motor Group
• Hyundai Heavy Industries Group
• Hyundai Group
• Hyundai Department Store Group
• Hyundai Development Group

Background

Before restructuring (beginning circa 2000), Hyundai's major areas of activity included shipbuilding, car manufacture, construction, retailing, finance, and electronics.

After founder Chung Ju-yung's death in 2001, the component companies of Hyundai were split off into separate companies.

See also

• Hyundai
• Hyundai Motor Company, a division of Hyundai Motor Group
• Hyundai Heavy Industries
• Hyundai Asan, a division of Hyundai Group
• Hyundai Engineering and Construction, a division of Hyundai Development Group
• Hyundai Department Store Group
• Hyundai Development Group
• Hyundai Electronics , renamed as Hynix in 2001
• List of Korea-related topics

External Links

• Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) website
• Yahoo! - Hyundai Motor Company Company Profile
• Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) website

• HHI Construction Equipment website

• Hyundai Asan website
• Hyundai Development website

• Hyundai Engineering and Construction website

• Hyundai Crisis: Its Development and Resolution