Hanwha scion makes finance his proving ground

Kim Dong-won’s place in Hanwha Group’s succession story has become clearer over the past year, even if it remains distinct from that of his brothers. Rather than competing for the group’s industrial center of gravity, the 40-year-old president and chief global officer of Hanwha Life Insurance is carving out a lane of his own through finance. That lane may be narrower, but it is hardly small. Hanwha Life sits at the center of what the group presents as Hanwha Finance, linking the insurer with Han

By The Korea Herald