在韩国众多的大公司中,大宇集团的总裁金永中恐怕是在位时间最长的人了。从1967年他以一万美元创立大宇公司至今,已有三十年之久。目前大宇已是韩国第四大集团公司,去年的销售额为680亿美元。除了船舶、汽车和电子之外,大宇还在重型机械、证券和通信等方面在国际上具有竞争力。 如今,年届六十的他又埋头苦干于大宇汽车这个韩国第三大汽车生产厂。他的目标是使大宇汽车早日跻身世界10大汽车生产商之列,同时将产量比现在提高三分之二,达到250万辆,并在2002年销售额达到500亿美元。 Among the many large companies in South Korea, Kim Yong-chung, president of Daewoo Group, is probably the longest-serving man. From 1967, he founded Daewoo Corporation for 10,000 US dollars for 30 years. Currently Daewoo is South Korea’s fourth-largest group company, with sales of $68 billion last year. In addition to ships, automobiles, and electronics, Daewoo is also internationally competitive in heavy machinery, securities, and communications. Today, at the age of 60, he again huddles hard at Daewoo Motors, Korea’s third-largest automaker. His goal is to make Daewoo Motors one of the top 10 automakers in the world as soon as possible, and to increase production by two-thirds from today to 2.5 million, and to achieve sales of 500 billion U.S. dollars in 2002.