Kim Sung-joo (entrepreneur)

Sungjoo Group was founded in 1990 and has earned a reputation as Korea’s fashion leader having launched the prominent brands including Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Sonia Rykiel and Marks & Spencer.

In 2005, Sungjoo Group acquired MCM, a German luxury fashion brand founded in Munich in 1976.

Kim served as the President of the Korean Red Cross for three years from 2014.

She was awarded an Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in June 2015 for her contribution to strengthening bilateral ties between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea.

[2] Her father Kim Soo-Keon is the founder of Daesung Group, a South Korean chaebol conglomerate with businesses including energy, auto parts, oil exploration and industrial gas.