Chung Ju-yung, every mention

The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back May 19, 2026 · 444 mentions

• ▶ 0:29 Shane Parrish The man in the lead vehicle was Chung Joo Young, the founder of Hyundai. 10 times in the scene
• ▶ 2:40 Shane Parrish In the village where Chung Ju Young was born, the children ran home from school during the day to go to the bathroom because their family needed the feces. 18 times in the scene
• ▶ 7:14 Shane Parrish Chung ran away from home four times. 39 times in the scene
• ▶ 13:00 Shane Parrish And it was during this stretch, sleeping in a bunkhouse, that Chung encountered something that would stay with him for the rest of his life. 15 times in the scene
• ▶ 15:10 Shane Parrish When the owner hired him, he asked Chung if he could ride a bicycle. 22 times in the scene
• ▶ 21:50 Shane Parrish After the war ended and Korea was liberated from Japan in August of 1945, Chung went back into the auto repair business. 12 times in the scene
• ▶ 24:15 Shane Parrish But Chung did not name things after what they currently were. 14 times in the scene
• ▶ 30:40 Shane Parrish This was the biggest job Chung had ever won. 30 times in the scene
• ▶ 40:27 Shane Parrish Those years, Chung had spent memorizing every single auto part. 16 times in the scene
• ▶ 46:41 Shane Parrish Now, to understand how Chung ran all of this day to day, you have to understand just what was driving him. 24 times in the scene
• ▶ 53:10 Shane Parrish Chung admitted that it was humiliating, but he also understood it was the price of admission, the same way it had been with the Americans. 7 times in the scene
• ▶ 56:22 Shane Parrish It happened because companies like Hyundai, led by Chung, had refused to accept the foreign engineer's assessment of what Koreans were capable of. 15 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:06:40 Shane Parrish There's a moment in Chung's autobiography where he reflects on how his motivations changed over time, and it might be the most important admission he ever made about himself. 18 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:12:28 Shane Parrish President Park called Chung in and asked him what he thought of the Japanese plan. 13 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:17:00 Shane Parrish As he told Chung, we just have to get it done no matter who tries to oppose us. 19 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:24:46 Shane Parrish Chung, who had started his career fixing other people's cars, decided it was time to start making his own. 10 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:30:35 Shane Parrish Turnbull was invited to Korea for a tour and was immediately taken with Chung. 24 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:36:35 Shane Parrish Only Chung said yes. 30 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:47:45 Shane Parrish This was exactly the opportunity Chung had been building towards since Thailand. 17 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:56:02 Shane Parrish Chung made his unannounced inspection visits here too, same as he had done at every other Hyundai site in the company's history. 13 times in the scene
• ▶ 2:01:03 Shane Parrish Chung got the call. 8 times in the scene
• ▶ 2:04:06 Shane Parrish To understand Chung, you have to understand how he ran his family. 14 times in the scene
• ▶ 2:07:05 Shane Parrish There's a pattern in Chung's life that you've probably picked up on by now. 24 times in the scene
• ▶ 2:12:28 Shane Parrish On June 1619 98, Chung Joo Young, now 82 years old, climbed into the lead vehicle of a convoy of 50 trucks. 32 times in the scene