Han Chang-woo
Born (1931-02-15) 15 February 1931
Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
NationalityJapanese
Alma materHosei University
Occupation(s)Chairman and CEO, Maruhan
Spousemarried
Children6
Korean name
Hangul
한창우
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHan Chang-u
McCune–ReischauerHan Chang'u

Han Chang-woo (韓 昌祐, born February 15, 1931) is a Zainichi Korean businessman who is the CEO of the pachinko management company, Maruhan (マルハン).

Early life

Han was born in Korea and secretly entered Japan in October 1945. He obtained Special Permanent Resident status and attended Hosei University, graduating with a degree in economics in 1952.

Career

Shortly after graduation, he took over a pachinko operation run by his brother-in-law in Kyoto. He founded Maruhan Corporation in 1972. Han became a Japanese national in 2002.[1]

Philanthropy

He has announced that he intends to give away his entire fortune to foster Korean and Japanese relations before he dies. More recently he has pledged to up his culture fund based in Japan to 140 billion won and an education fund in Korea to 10 billion won.[2]

Awards

Controversy

A lawsuit was filed in September 2020 in the U.S. Territory of Guam[4] alleging that he had unlawfully taken away $300 million in stock owned by one of his daughters.[5] The Suit also claims that Han Chang-Woo's motivation for this action was to force his daughter to divorce her second husband, an African-American businessman and retired pro basketball player.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "「底から這い上がって億万長者」…パチンコ業界ナンバーワン経営者の韓昌祐会長". 中央日報 - 韓国の最新ニュースを日本語でサービスします (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  2. ↑ "Korean-Japanese billionaire to give away fortune".
  3. ↑ Kang (강), Mu-seong (무성) (2010-10-01). 한창우 회장, 첫 사천시민대상 '영예'. 뉴스사천 (in Korean). Retrieved 2011-11-09.
  4. ↑ "Daughter: Interracial marriage at heart of million-dollar lawsuit".
  5. ↑ "Sour family affair spells big bucks for Japanese law".
  6. ↑ "Racism accusations fly in feud within one of Japan's wealthiest families".
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