Kwon Seon-joo

  • Age
    58
  • Company/Affiliation
    Industrial Bank of Korea
  • Title
    CEO and Chairman
  • Country/Territory
    South Korea
Kwon made history in 2013 when President Park Geun Hye nominated her as the first female CEO of a Korean bank, the country’s fourth largest with $200 billion in assets and almost 13,000 employees. The English literature major has stemmed the mounting losses at the state-owned entity and delivered strong earnings, in part through expansion in the small and midsize loan market. The bank’s profits were up 20%, to $1.2 billion in 2014, and the IBK lifer is branching out overseas. Her goal: to become one of the world’s top 100 banks by assets in 2016. —Rupali Arora

Personal Information

Country/TerritorySouth Korea
Previous Rank15
Newcomer?NO

Company Information

2014 Revenues9,089
2014 Profits975
Market Value (as of 09/01/15)6,248