Dior CEO’s Ewha ceremony draws Korea’s business leaders

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Major South Korean business leaders attended a ceremony at Ewha Womans University on Thursday conferring an honorary doctorate on Delphine Arnault, chief executive officer (CEO)…

Major South Korean business leaders attended a ceremony at Ewha Womans University on Thursday conferring an honorary doctorate on Delphine Arnault, chief executive officer (CEO) of Christian Dior Couture, drawing attention to their personal and business ties with the French luxury fashion executive.

According to business sources, the ceremony was attended by Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chairman Euisun Chung, his wife Chung Ji-seon, Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, and his eldest son Shin Yoo-yeol, head of the Future Growth Division at Lotte Corp.

Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun and Hotel Shilla President Lee Boo-jin were also among the attendees.

Chung has no publicly known business ties with Dior. His attendance, however, drew attention to the longstanding relationship between the Hyundai founding family and Ewha Womans University.

Hyundai Motor Group said Chung “attended the ceremony at the invitation of Ewha Womans University,“ adding that its relationship with the university dates back to the time of the late Chung Ju-yung, honorary chairman of Hyundai Group.

Chung’s grandfather, the late Chung Ju-yung, received an honorary doctorate from Ewha in 1986.

Hyundai Motor Group built and donated the Asan Engineering Building to the university in 1996 and the Hyundai Motor Building at its Science Complex in 2013 as part of efforts to support the development of female engineering talent.

An alumna of the university, she served on the board of trustees of the Ewha Haktang educational foundation from 2017 to 2025.

Hotel Shilla President Lee and Arnault are well known for their friendship of about 30 years. Arnault is the daughter of Bernard Arnault, chairman of luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (LVMH), and the two families are said to have maintained close ties for many years.

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