Chairman of SDJ Corporation and former vice chairman of Lotte Holdings (Japan)
| Life | 1954 |
| Era | 현대 |
| Clan | 영산 신씨 |
Shin Dong-ju (Japanese name Hiroyuki Shigemitsu; born 1954) is a South Korean businessman of the Yeongsan Sin clan. He was born on 28 January 1954 in Tokyo, the eldest son of Lotte founder Shin Kyuk-ho. He graduated in business administration from Aoyama Gakuin University in 1976 and took a master's in management engineering there in 1979. As a living person, this page keeps to public education and titles and omits family privacy.
In 1990 he became a director and vice president of Lotte in Japan and a director of Lotte Aluminium in Korea. He later served as a director of Lotte Shopping, in 2003 as overseas director of Lotte Chilsung Beverage, and as vice chairman of Lotte Holdings (Japan) and vice president of Lotte Confectionery. In 2011 he became president and vice chairman of Lotte Shoji in Japan.
Wikipedia lists him from 2015 as chairman of SDJ Corporation (Korea) and representative director of Koyuusha in Japan. In 2015 there was a dispute with his brother Shin Dong-bin over control of Lotte; it records that he left director posts at Lotte Holdings and Korean affiliates. This page does not detail the issues or legal judgments.
Other modern members of the clan in this family are Shin Kyuk-ho, Shin Chun-ho and Shin Dong-bin. Titles reflect Wikipedia and should be checked against official sources.
He joined Lotte Japan management as director and vice president in 1990 and became president and vice chairman of Lotte Shoji in 2011.