Hanjin

Hanjin KAL Corporation
	Hanjin headquarters
Native name	한진칼
Company type	Public
Traded as	KRX: 180640
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	November 1945
Founder	Cho Choong-hoon
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Key people	Walter Cho; (Chairman and CEO)
Owner	Delta Air Lines (14.90%); Hoban Construction (11.50%); Korea Development Bank (10.58%); Estate of Walter Cho (5.78%); Estate of Emily Lee Cho (5.73%); others;
Subsidiaries	Korean Air, Jin Air
Website	hanjinkal.co.kr

The Hanjin Group (Korean: 한진 그룹; Hanja: 韓進 그룹; RR: Hanjin Geurup) is a South Korean chaebol. The group has various industries covered from transportation and airlines to hotels, tourism, and airport businesses, and one of the largest chaebols in Korea. The group includes Korean Air (KAL), which was acquired by the founder Cho Choong-hoon in 1969, and was the owner of Hanjin Shipping (once the largest shipping company in Korea) before its bankruptcy. In 2013, Hanjin Group officially switched from cross ownership to a holding company structure with the establishment of Hanjin KAL Corporation. The group is controlled by descendants of Cho Choong-hoon, and many construction chaebols are the major shareholders of Hanjin KAL.

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