CJ Group
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Headquarters in Seoul | |
| CJ Group | |
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| Company type | Public |
| KRX: 001040 | |
| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded | August 1, 1953 |
| Founder | Lee Byung-chul |
| Headquarters | 33 CJ CheilJedang Center, Dongho-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul , South Korea |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Lee Jay-hyun (chairman) Sohn Kyung Shik (chairman) Miky Lee (vice-chairman) Lee Chae-wook (CEO) Charles Jr. (CEO) |
| Owner | Estate of Lee Jay-hyun (47.07%) CJ Group through treasury stock (7.26%) |
| Divisions | CJ O Shopping |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | www |
CJ Corporation (Korean: CJ 주식회사), doing business as CJ Group (Korean: 씨제이) or simply CJ, is a South Korean conglomerate holding company, operating internationally. It is one of the largest chaebol headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous businesses in various industries of food and food service, logistics, pharmaceutics and biotechnology, entertainment and media, Pager and Telephone. CJ Group was originally a branch of Samsung.
CJ comes from 'Cheil Jedang' (제일 제당), which literally translates to "first sugar manufacture", the industry where it originally started.
Notable CJ subsidiaries include CJ CheilJedang (Food and Beverage), CJ Logistics (Logistics), CJ Olive Networks (Health & Beauty Stores & IT), CJ ENM (Entertainment and Retail), and CJ CGV (Cinema Chain). The group is chaired by Lee Jay-hyun, eldest grandson of Samsung's founder.