Chin Dae-je
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Chin Dae-je is a South-Korean businessman and an ex-politician. He was born on January 20, 1952 in Uiryeong
, South Gyeongsang Province.
He attended Gyeonggi High School and then studied Electronic Engineering at Seoul National University
(B.S. and M.S.), the University of Massachusetts Amherst
(M.S.) and Stanford
(Ph.D). From 1985 he worked for Samsung
, and served as president of their Digital Media Business from 2000-2003.
He became Minister of Information and Communication in February, 2003.
He resigned from the government in early 2006, and ran for the governorship of Gyeonggi Province on the ruling Uri Party
ticket. However he lost to Moon-Soo Kim, the candidate of Grand National Party, as part of the widespread electroal revolt against the incumbent ruling party. He was however the only candidate to collect more than 30% of the votes by a ruling Uri-party candidate in all of the contests in the whole nation, except Governor Kim Wan-ju
of Jeollabukdo.
In October 2006, Chin Dae-je started a VC/private equity fund, Skylake Incuvest & Co http://www.skylakeincuvest.com., focusing on ICT sector investment.
He gave a plenary talk at International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), 2005.
Uiryeong
Uiryeong County is a county in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. It is one of the least populated counties in Korea.In 1938, Uiryeong native Lee Byung-chull founded Samsung Group in nearby Daegu....
, South Gyeongsang Province.
He attended Gyeonggi High School and then studied Electronic Engineering at Seoul National University
Seoul National University
Seoul National University , colloquially known in Korean as Seoul-dae , is a national research university in Seoul, Korea, ranked 24th in the world in publications in an analysis of data from the Science Citation Index, 7th in Asia and 42nd in the world by the 2011 QS World University Rankings...
(B.S. and M.S.), the University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
(M.S.) and Stanford
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
(Ph.D). From 1985 he worked for Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
, and served as president of their Digital Media Business from 2000-2003.
He became Minister of Information and Communication in February, 2003.
He resigned from the government in early 2006, and ran for the governorship of Gyeonggi Province on the ruling Uri Party
Uri Party
The Yeollin Uri Party , generally abbreviated to Uri Party , was the briefly ruling political party in South Korea with a centrist political ideology...
ticket. However he lost to Moon-Soo Kim, the candidate of Grand National Party, as part of the widespread electroal revolt against the incumbent ruling party. He was however the only candidate to collect more than 30% of the votes by a ruling Uri-party candidate in all of the contests in the whole nation, except Governor Kim Wan-ju
Kim Wan-ju
Wan-ju Kim has been governor of Jeollabuk-do since 2006. He was mayor of Jeonju in the Republic of Korea from 1998 to 2006. He is a strong proponent of regional development, historical preservation, new paradigms of local and decentralized government, and is considered one of the best of the new...
of Jeollabukdo.
In October 2006, Chin Dae-je started a VC/private equity fund, Skylake Incuvest & Co http://www.skylakeincuvest.com., focusing on ICT sector investment.
He gave a plenary talk at International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), 2005.