Hyundai

A country rising from rubble. A construction company that decided to build cars. A name that means "modern times." That is where Hyundai begins. In 1945, Korea was free from Japanese occupation but shattered by war. The country had nothing. No industry. No infrastructure. No hope except the stubbornness of its people. Chung Ju-yung was born into poverty. The oldest son of a poor farmer, he ran away from home multiple times as a teenager, chasing something better. He worked as a dock laborer, a rice shop assistant, a construction worker. He learned how things worked by doing them . In 1947, he started a construction business. Hyundai Engineering and Construction. The name he chose was simple. Hyundai. 현대. "Modern times" or "the present era" . A name that said everything about what he wanted to bui... More