11 amazing Facts About Hyundai Company

Hyundai founder, Chung Joo-Yung, was born in 1915 in North Korea to a

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poor farmer family who reared silkworms for additional income

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Chung ran away from home 4 times, first worked as a rice delivery boy and later as the

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owner of a rice shop which was closed by the Japanese government

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He founded Hyundai Civil Industries in 1949 with his savings, a construction company

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that gradually expanded to building bridges, yards, dams, highways, and nuclear power plants

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In the 1960s, Chung saw potential in the auto sector and worked on the design of a car

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for the middle class, eventually exporting the first made car, the Hyundai Pony

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Hyundai's automobile division grew rapidly, giving direct competition to Suzuki,

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Japan's largest car manufacturer, and later venturing into luxury cars with success

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Hyundai is today a household name globally, known for its technology and comfort

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