According to industry sources on June 18, Choi has been working as the head of the Heritage Team at SK Inc., the group's holding company, since September of last year. He is responsible for planning and managing cultural and artistic activities utilizing assets such as the residence and personal research institute of the late Choi Jong-gun, the founder of SK Group, and the SK traditional house.
His placement is seen as a reflection of his background, having graduated from Parsons School of Design in the U.S. and interned at the local fashion brand Vera Wang.
Choi is the only son of the late Choi Yoon-won, who passed away in 2000, and served in the Marine Corps after enlisting in 2011. After his military service, he worked as an HR manager at SK D&D but left the company in 2020 following a drug incident.
He was charged with habitual use of synthetic marijuana and received a one-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, in 2019.
As of the end of the first quarter of this year, Choi holds a 5.32% stake in SK Discovery, the intermediate holding company of SK Group, making him the second-largest shareholder after Choi Chang-won, who has a 41.69% stake. His stake in SK is 0.20%, ranking him behind Choi Tae-won (17.90%), Choi Ki-won of the SK Happiness Sharing Foundation (6.66%), and the Choi Jong-hyun Academic Foundation (0.26%).
* This article has been translated by AI.
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