신동빈 辛東彬
Chairman of the Lotte Group and of Lotte Holdings (Korea)
| Life | 1955 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 영산 신씨 |
Life & career
Shin Dong-bin (born 1955) is Chairman of the Lotte Group and belongs to the Yeongsan Sin clan. He was born on 14 February 1955 in Tokyo, a son of Lotte founder Shin Kyuk-ho. He graduated in economics from Aoyama Gakuin University in 1977 and earned an MBA at Columbia Business School in 1980. As he is a living person, this page summarizes only public career facts from Wikipedia, neutrally.
He worked at Nomura Securities' London branch from 1981 to 1988, then joined Lotte Shoji in Japan in 1988. In 1990 he began taking part in Korean Lotte management as a managing director of Honam Petrochemical, was acting owner of the Lotte Orions in 1991 and became president of the Chiba Lotte Marines in 1995. He became vice chairman of the Lotte Group in 1997 and co-CEO of Honam Petrochemical in 2004.
He became Lotte Group chairman in 2011 and, with the holding-company transition, chairman and CEO of Lotte Holdings (Korea) in 2017. He also chaired the Korea Ski Association from 2014 to 2018 and is known as Lotte Giants owner since August 2015. Wikipedia also lists Lotte Holdings (Japan) and Chiba Lotte Marines titles; check official sources for current titles.
Wikipedia records a management dispute with his brother Shin Dong-ju in 2015 and a 2017 trial together with his father on management-irregularity charges. This page does not detail those matters or legal judgments. Within the clan, his father is Shin Kyuk-ho and his uncle Shin Chun-ho.
Career at Lotte
He joined Lotte Shoji in 1988, entered Korean Lotte management in 1990 and became chairman in 2011.
Family
See also his father Shin Kyuk-ho, uncle Shin Chun-ho and brother Shin Dong-ju.