Non-fiction Author and FKI (Federation of Korean Industries) Professor

Hong, Hasang is a non-fiction author and a professor at the FKI. Since graduating from the Department of Creative Writing at Chung-Ang University, he has dedicated over 30 years to writing non-fiction. He spent nearly three decades traveling across Japan to conduct research for books such as The Merchants of Osaka, The Japanese Way of Business, and Credit: The Merchants of Ginza.

He has authored numerous bestsellers focusing on business leaders from Korea, China, and Japan, including Lee Kun-hee, Lee Byung-chul’s Management Classics, Think and Act Like Chung Ju-yung, Charisma vs. Charisma: Lee Byung-chul vs. Chung Ju-yung, 10 CEOs Who Move China, and Li Ka-shing: The God of Commerce.

Many of his major works have been translated and published in Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Russia. Recently, he has expanded his global perspective with the publication of The Spirit of European Luxury Enterprises. He lectured on the "Biographies of Merchants" for six years at Samsung Economic Research Institute's SERI CEO. He has received several awards, including the Japan-Korea Cultural Exchange Award (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan) and the Baeksang Publishing Culture Award.

[Education]
-B.A. in Creative Writing, College of the Arts, Chung-Ang University

[Experience]
-Lecturer, "Biographies of Merchants," Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI) CEO (2004–Present)
-Visiting Professor, Chung-Ang University (Current)
-Lecturer, CEO Programs at major corporations, SMEs, and Graduate Schools of Business (Samsung Electronics, Doosan Group, KB Kookmin Bank, KT, etc.)

[Publications (Selected)]
-How to Achieve Sustainable Growth?
-The Spirit of European Luxury Enterprises
-The Merchants of Osaka, Credit: The Merchants of Ginza
-Akinto: The Merchants of Kyoto
-The Japanese Way of Business
-Lee Kun-hee: Recruiting Global Talent
-Lee Byung-chul and Chung Ju-yung: Charisma vs. Charisma
-Samsung’s CEOs Who Move the World, The Merchants of Kaesong
-CEO Park Chung-hee: Republic of Korea Inc. (and 26 other titles)