For de automobiwe manufacturer, see Hyundai Motor Company. This articwe is about de Hyundai Group before de compwetion of its break-up in 2003. For de continuing non-automobiwe manufacturer, see Hyundai Group.
For oder uses, see Hyundai (disambiguation).
It has been suggested dat dis articwe be merged into Hyundai Group. (Discuss) Proposed since March 2018.
Hyundai Group (Hanguw: 현대그룹; Hanja: 現代그룹, pronounced [hjə́ːndɛ]) is a Souf Korean business congwomerate headqwartered in Seouw. It was founded by Chung Ju-yung in 1947 as a construction firm and Chung was directwy in controw of de company untiw his deaf in 2001.
Fowwowing de 1997 East Asian financiaw crisis and Chung's deaf, Hyundai underwent a major restructuring and break-up, which reduced de Hyundai Group's business to encompass onwy container shipping services, de manufacturing of wifts, and tourism. Today, most companies bearing de name Hyundai are not wegawwy connected to Hyundai Group. They incwude Hyundai Motor Group, Hyundai Department Store Group, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group and Hyundai Devewopment Company. However, most of de former subsidiaries of de Hyundai congwomerate continue to be run by rewatives of Chung. If dese companies were considered as forming a singwe broad famiwy business, den it wouwd remain de wargest company in Souf Korea wif enormous economic and powiticaw power in de country.
The name "Hyundai" comes from de Korean word 現代 (hanja form), which means "modernity".
Hyundai was founded as a smaww construction firm by Chung Ju-yung in 1947. Hyundai Construction began operating outside of Souf Korea in 1965, initiawwy entering de markets of Guam, Thaiwand and Vietnam.
Hyundai Motor Company was founded in 1967. Hyundai Heavy Industries was founded in 1973, and compweted de construction of its first ships in June 1974.
In 1983 Hyundai entered de semiconductor industry drough de estabwishment of Hyundai Ewectronics (renamed Hynix in 2001).
In 1986 a Hyundai-manufactured IBM PC-XT compatibwe cawwed de Bwue Chip PC was sowd in discount and toy stores droughout de US. It was one of de earwiest PC cwones marketed toward consumers instead of business.
In Apriw 1999 Hyundai announced a major corporate restructuring, invowving a two-dirds reduction of de number of business units and a pwan to break up de group into five independent business groups by 2003.
By de mid-1990s Hyundai comprised over 60 subsidiary companies and was active in a diverse range of activities incwuding automobiwe manufacturing, construction, chemicaws, ewectronics, financiaw services, heavy industry and shipbuiwding. In de same period it had totaw annuaw revenues of around US$90 biwwion and over 200,000 empwoyees.
Hyundai branded vehicwes are manufactured by Hyundai Motor Company, which awong wif Kia comprises de Hyundai Kia Automotive Group. Headqwartered in Seouw, Souf Korea, Hyundai operates in Uwsan de worwd's wargest integrated automobiwe manufacturing faciwity, which is capabwe of producing 1.6 miwwion units annuawwy. The company empwoys about 75,000 peopwe around de worwd. Hyundai vehicwes are sowd in 193 countries drough some 6,000 deawerships and showrooms worwdwide. In 2012, Hyundai sowd over 4.4 miwwion vehicwes worwdwide. Popuwar modews incwude de Sonata and Ewantra mid-sized sedans.
The Asan Foundation, estabwished by Chung Ju-yung in 1977 wif 50 percent of de stock of Hyundai Construction, subsidizes medicaw services in Korea primariwy drough de Asan Medicaw Center and six oder hospitaws. The foundation has sponsored conferences on Eastern edics and funded academic research into traditionaw Korean cuwture. In 1991, it estabwished de annuaw Fiwiaw Piety Award.
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