birth_place office birth_date term_start article_title education name
seoul , south korea chairman of herald corporation 14 march 1970 may , 2012 - present hong jung-wook
 harvard college a.b. stanford law school j.d. hong jungwook
hong jung-wook

hong jungwook -lrb- 홍정욱 -rrb- -lrb- born march 14 , 1970 -rrb- is the chairman and majority shareholder of herald corporation and related companies .
herald corporation is a leading media and education group in korea , which publishes the korea herald and the herald business , among others ; operates donga tv ; and manages a nationwide language institute and english village network .
he is also the founder of olje foundation , a non-profit organization promoting classics education .
under the vision `` life beyond media , '' herald corp. is expanding its business domain beyond the media and education businesses into eco-friendly lifestyle businesses , including eco-materials , design , and food .
in 2013 , herald corp. acquired cheonbo natural food and developed a new and integrated food brand organica .
between 2008 and 2012 , he served as a representative of the national assembly of the republic of korea , working on the foreign affairs , trade and unification committee .
he was also the chairman of the ruling grand national party 's international affairs committee and the honorary ambassador of grant aid for the korean government .
he was elected for nowon-gu in seoul .
hong received his a.b. `` magna cum laude '' from harvard college and j.d. from stanford law school .
he also briefly studied international politics at the graduate school of peking university prior to entering stanford law school .
after graduating from law school , he passed the new york bar and worked as an investment banker at lehman brothers in new york .
he has been selected as a young global leader by the world economic forum and an asia 21 fellow by asia society .
he has written many articles and published a book titled `` seven acts seven scenes , '' an autobiography that has sold over 1 million copies in korea .
