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Amorepacific Chairman's Second Daughter Weds Foreign Consultant
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Amorepacific Chairman's Second Daughter Weds Foreign Consultant

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Seo Ho-jung, the second daughter of Amorepacific Group Chairman Seo Kyung-bae, married a foreign consultant on May 21.
  • The wedding took place privately at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, attended by family and close acquaintances.
  • Seo Ho-jung joined Amorepacific's affiliate, Osulloc, in July last year and received 190,000 shares of Amorepacific common stock from her father in February.

Seo Ho-jung, the second daughter of Amorepacific Group Chairman Seo Kyung-bae, married an overseas-educated consultant from a foreign company on May 21. The private ceremony was held at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, with only family and close friends in attendance.

Born in 1995, Seo Ho-jung graduated from Cornell University's Hotel Management program in 2018. She joined Amorepacific Group's affiliate, Osulloc, in July of the previous year, working in product development.

In February, Chairman Seo Kyung-bae gifted his daughter 190,000 shares of Amorepacific common stock, valued at approximately 30 billion Korean won. This transfer was reportedly to help her pay the gift tax.

Meanwhile, Seo Min-jung, the elder daughter and a director at Amorepacific, has been on extended leave since July 2023. She joined the company in 2019.

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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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