Shin Choon-ho (1 December 1930 – 27 March 2021) was a South Korean businessman who founded Nongshim in 1965.[1]
Biography
Shin Choon-ho was born on 1 December 1930 in Ulju County, Ulsan, Korea and was the third eldest son in the family. His older brother Shin Kyuk-ho was the founder of the Korean-Japanese conglomerate Lotte Corporation.
He graduated from Dong-A University in Busan in 1958 after serving as a police officer. He moved to Japan to help his brother with Lotte's confectionery business shortly afterwards.[1]
Shin founded Lotte Industrial Company, his own business separate from the existing company, in 1965 to focus on the ramyeon business.[2]