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Kim Hong-mae, Dongwon Phoenix CEO, Donates 100 Million Won to KUBS
The donation ceremony for Kim Hong-mae, CEO of Dongwon Phoenix, was held at the Dean's Office in KUBS Main Building on May 1. The donation ceremony was attended by Professor Soo Young Kwon (Dean of KUBS), Professor Hyoung Koo Moon, Sang-kyung Park, Jang-hyun Park, and Ja-hee Hyun. At the meeting, CEO Kim donated 100 million won to KUBS.
"I wanted to help foster future talents that contribute to our society," said Kim, who has attended KUBS Graduate School as 76th member and is currently the president of KUBS Graduate School Alumni Association and the vice president of KU Alumni Association. She expressed her motivation to donate money to help more students focus on what they really want to do.
(왼쪽부터) 현자희 자문위원장, 박상경 부회장, 박장현 사무처장, 김홍매 대표이사, 문형구 주임교수, 권수영 학장
CEO Kim started Harim Trading in 1997 and established Dongwon Phoenix, a business for fabric manufacturing, in 1999 as a CEO. Based on its business model that exports silkworm to China while making less profit and compensating all claims, Dongwon Phoenix has preempted China's high-end clothing fabric market. Kim, who raised 20 billion won in annual sales with 40 partner companies in China, won the Presidential Award in 2002, the Gyeonggi Regional SMEs and Startups Office Prize in 2015 and the Korean Women Entrepreneurs Association Prize in 2016. This year, she joined as the member of Honor Society by donating 100 million won to Community Chest of Korea, and won the 1st Sharing Leader Award at the National Assembly on March 21.