A Cinderella story: Nongshim heir Shin Sang-ryeol to marry an ordinary employee
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- Shin Sang-ryeol, the eldest son of Nongshim chairman Shin Dong-won and grandson of the company’s late founder, is set to marry an SK Telecom employee.
- Shin joined Nongshim after graduating from Columbia University and became a vice president in January.
Nongshim’s third-generation heir Shin Sang-ryeol is set to marry an ordinary employee of telecommunications company SK Telecom, in a match described as a “Cinderella story.”
The wedding is scheduled for the 13th. Shin, born in 1993, is the eldest son of Nongshim chairman Shin Dong-won and the eldest grandson of the company’s late founder, Shin Chun-ho.
He interned at Nongshim for two years from 2015, then joined the company’s management planning department after graduating from Columbia University in 2019. After several years of experience, he became a Nongshim vice president in January.
His bride is described as an SK Telecom “ordinary employee,” meaning a regular company staff member. The report did not say how the couple met or how their relationship led to marriage.
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