Gene Yoon

Gene Yoon
Hangul	윤윤수
Hanja	尹潤洙
Revised Romanization	Yun Yun-su
McCune–Reischauer	Yun Yun-su

Gene Yoonsoo Yoon
Gene Yoonsoo Yoon
Born	September 9, 1945 (age 76); Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Occupation	Fila chairman

Yoon Yoon-su, commonly known in English as Gene Yoon (Korean 윤윤수; Hwaseong, 9 September 1945) is a South Korean business man. He is the current chairman of the sportswear company Fila.^[1]

Biography[]

Yoon graduated from Seoul High School in 1964, and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Department of Political Science & Diplomacy in 1974. He started his career with (KSC) before working in merchandising from JC Penney October 1975 to July 1981.^[2] He then worked for Hwasung Co., Ltd. till March 1984 as export director, then becoming chairman of . From June 1991 until the present he has been the Chairman and CEO of Fila Korea Ltd., organising a buyout of Fila brand in 2007.^[3]^[4] He owns a stake in Fila that was estimated to be wroth about $US830 million in 2019.^[5]

He is also currently executive vice chairman of Korea International Trade Association.

Book[]

(내가 연봉 18억원을 받는 이유) (autobiography published in 1997).^[2]

References[]

^ 윤윤수 휠라·아큐시네트 회장 "타이틀리스트 M&A, 하버드서 강의하겠다네요" Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b "Getting to know Gene Yoon". The Korea Times. November 30, 2011. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
^ Forbes 181 p68 2008 "43% from its peak in 1997, Fila is taken private in a $350 million purchase by Sports Brands International, a unit of private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. 2007 New Fila Chief GENE YOON orchestrates buyout of Fila brand for $450 ..."
^ Korea Trade & Investment 19 2-6 p58 "GENE YOON parlayed that strategy into launching one of Korea's most spectacular foreign business success stories. Just ten years after opening its doors with a capitalization of $350,000, sportswear-company Fila Korea achieved an annual."
^ Lee, Yoojung (2019-06-25). "The late bloomer who brought Fila back from the dead and became a billionaire". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2021-11-02.

External links[]

Gene Yoon's Korean blog (in Korean)
Gene Yoon's English blog (in English)

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[1] 윤윤수 휠라·아큐시네트 회장 "타이틀리스트 M&A, 하버드서 강의하겠다네요" Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[koreatimes-2] "Getting to know Gene Yoon". The Korea Times. November 30, 2011. Retrieved 2021-11-02.

[3] Forbes 181 p68 2008 "43% from its peak in 1997, Fila is taken private in a $350 million purchase by Sports Brands International, a unit of private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. 2007 New Fila Chief GENE YOON orchestrates buyout of Fila brand for $450 ..."

[4] Korea Trade & Investment 19 2-6 p58 "GENE YOON parlayed that strategy into launching one of Korea's most spectacular foreign business success stories. Just ten years after opening its doors with a capitalization of $350,000, sportswear-company Fila Korea achieved an annual."

[5] Lee, Yoojung (2019-06-25). "The late bloomer who brought Fila back from the dead and became a billionaire". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2021-11-02.

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Gene Yoonsoo Yoon
Born	(1945-09-09) September 9, 1945 (age 76) Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Occupation	Fila chairman