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Hyundai Motor Company

South Korean multinational automaker

Hyundai Motor Company, often referred to as Hyundai Motors, (Korean: 현대자동차; RR: Hyeondae Jadongchalisten) and commonly known as Hyundai, (Korean: 현대; Hanja: 現代; RR: Hyeondae, IPA:[ˈhjəːndɛ];[a]lit. 'modernity') is a South Korean multinationalautomotive manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, which was founded in 1967. Currently, the company owns 33.88 percent of Kia Corporation,[5] and fully owns two marques including its luxury cars subsidiary, Genesis, and their electric vehicle brand Ioniq.[6][7][8] The three brands altogether make up the Hyundai Motor Group.

Hyundai operates the second largest automobile manufacturing facility in Ulsan, South Korea which has an annual production capacity of 1.6 million units.[9] The company employs approximately 75,000 people worldwide. Hyundai vehicles are sold in 193 countries through 5,000 dealerships and showrooms.[10&#

Hyundai Motor Group Vision

The history of challenge and expansion

Realize the dream of mankind by creating a new future through ingenious thinking and continuously challenging new frontiers.

Unlimited Sense of Responsibility

An unlimited sense of responsibility for our customers’ safety and happiness is manifested in quality management, and extends to the ideal of creating greater value for society at large.

Realization of Possibilities

Not complacent about our achievements, we constantly pursue new goals. The risk of failure is no deterrent as we seek new challenges on the way to creating a brighter future.

Respect for Mankind

We seek to create value for mankind with better products and services delivered more quickly to more people as a way to enrich their lives.

The story of Hyundai Group started as a dream in Asan, a small city in Korea. While shaping its future, Chung Juyung, who has adopted the principle of creating value in his own country and subsequently everywhere he reaches, has made Hyundai a history with his devoted team

Beginning of success

Chung Ju-yung, founder of Hyundai, was born in the village of Asan, approximately 50 km north of the current demilitarized zone, in a territory that is now part of North Korea. Being the eldest of seven children, he had to take care of his siblings, which meant working with his father for 15 to 16 hours a day. He often recalled “… although we worked very hard, we often didn’t have enough food”

Chung Ju-young, however, was a born optimist and lovingly remembered how early in the morning he was happy to get up with great expectation of what he could achieve for him and his family during the day. On his father’s farm, however, he had no opportunity to put his ideas to life, and as a teenage boy he often ran away from home to Seoul, seeking new opportunities, whether he carried stones as a construction worker or loaded and unloaded ships as a port labourer. Although his father had always found him and brought him back home, Chung Ju-yung never gave up. Again and again he tried to escape from home, and after many attempts, his cont

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