Han Chang-woo
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| Alma mater | Hosei University (BA) |
| OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from text | Chairman and CEO, Maruhan |
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Template:Infobox Korean name/auto Han Chang-woo (韓 昌祐, born February 15, 1931) is a Korean-born Japanese businessman who is the CEO of the pachinko management company, Script error: No such module "Nihongo"..
Early life
Han was born in Korea and secretly entered Japan in October 1945. He obtained Special Permanent Resident status and attended Hosei University, graduating with a degree in economics in 1952.
Career
Shortly after graduation, he took over a pachinko operation run by his brother-in-law in Kyoto. He founded Maruhan Corporation in 1972. Han became a Japanese national in 2002.[1]
Philanthropy
He has announced that he intends to give away his entire fortune to foster Korean and Japanese relations before he dies. More recently he has pledged to up his culture fund based in Japan to 140 billion won and an education fund in Korea to 10 billion won.[2]
Awards
- Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class - 1999
- Sacheon Citizen Award (사천시민대상) - 2010[3]
Controversy
A lawsuit was filed in September 2020 in the U.S. Territory of Guam[4] alleging that he had unlawfully taken away $300 million in stock owned by one of his daughters.[5] The Suit also claims that Han Chang-Woo's motivation for this action was to force his daughter to divorce her second husband, an African-American businessman and retired pro basketball player.[6]
See also
- Masayoshi Son, another Zainichi Korean businessman
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."「底から這い上がって億万長者」…パチンコ業界ナンバーワン経営者の韓昌祐会長". 中央日報 - 韓国の最新ニュースを日本語でサービスします (in 日本語). Retrieved 2020-05-07.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Korean-Japanese billionaire to give away fortune". 6 November 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kang (강), Mu-seong (무성) (2010-10-01). 한창우 회장, 첫 사천시민대상 '영예'. 뉴스사천 (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-11-09.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Daughter: Interracial marriage at heart of million-dollar lawsuit". December 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lewis, Leo (9 November 2020). "Sour family affair spells big bucks for Japanese law". Financial Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Racism accusations fly in feud within one of Japan's wealthiest families". The Straits Times. 14 November 2020.
External links
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