[Digital Times, Kim Eun] With the opening of the new year of the dog, the Golden Dog Electronics CEOs are looking forward to their activities.

According to financial circles on December 31, in the electronics industry, Kim Ki-nam Samsung Electronics president, Park Sung-wook, vice chairman of SK Hynix, and Song Dae-hyun, LG Electronics president, Each of these executives is leading the growth of the company with a strong presence in the semiconductor and consumer electronics fields. Generally, it is known that in 1958, doggie has a bright personality and strong sense of responsibility and adaptation to the surrounding environment.

Park Sung-wook, vice chairman of SK Hynix, who represents the booming semiconductors market last year, comes to mind as next year`s remarkable figure. Vice Chairman Park led the company as CEO of SK Hynix since February 2013. Park joined the Hyundai Electronics Semiconductor Research Institute in 1984 and became a director of the US manufacturing corporation in January 2001. In July of the same year, he changed to Hynix Semiconductor, where he was promoted to Managing Director of the US manufacturing corporation. In 2002, he returned to Korea and worked as a research director at Hynix Semiconductor Memory Research Center. In 2012, Hynix was acquired by SK and became Vice President of Research and Development until he was appointed CEO of SK Hynix. 2017 was the best year for SK Hynix. The industry expects the cumulative operating profit to reach 9,255.4 billion won in the third quarter of last year and the first 4 trillion won in the quarterly operating profit in the fourth quarter of last year.

Meanwhile, Kim Ki-nam, president of Samsung Electronics, is also the CEO of Daegu, which focuses on the semiconductor industry. Samsung Electronics, on October 31, 2017, immediately after the board meeting, greeted President Gwang-nam Kim with the appointment of former president of Kwon Oh- Samsung Electronics has achieved 9.96 trillion won (about 70% of operating profit of 14.53 trillion won in the third quarter of last year) in DS. Kim joined Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Team in 1981 and has been working in the semiconductor related department for more than 30 years. With the prospect that the semiconductor market boom will continue for the foreseeable future, President Kim is expected to continue his "good times" next year.

Song Dae-hyun, president of the LG Electronics H & A division, is also attracting attention as CEO to lead the martial arts year. Song is the vice chairman of Cho Jin-jin and oversees LG Electronics` home appliance business. It is said that LG Electronics is receiving a good reputation among its employees because of its calm and meticulous nature. He joined LG Electronics` predecessor, Geum Sung`s electric rotating machine design room, the air conditioner business manager, and the cleaner business manager.

Once moved to Tianjin, China, he moved to Russia, where he became the No. 1 consumer electronics company in Russia. As LG Electronics moves to a one-person CEO system, Joe`s successor moves to become a successor, and he is making efforts to build a smart home ecosystem by using home appliances that increase profitability by focusing on premium appliances and adding artificial intelligence functions. LG Electronics is steadily leading the operating margin of 8%, which is the best operating margin of the global consumer electronics industry.

By Kim Eun silverkim@


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