’95 top CSAT scorer’ who chose engineering school over medical school … Amazing current status ‘hot topic’

Photo = Online community capture The current status of Seong-taek Jeong, who ranked first in the country in the College Scholastic Aptitude Test in 1995 and then went to Seoul National University‘s College of Engineering, draws attention to- line. This is because it was revealed that he was ‘Samsung Man’ who belonged to the direct department of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong. Some responded by saying, “He was ranked highest in the country on the CSAT, but it stands out that he chose not to be a doctor or a lawyer.” “

Recently, several posts including Mr. Jeong’s current status have been posted on various online communities. Mr. Jeong, who was born in 1976 and attended Busan Science High School, ranked first in the country in the 1995 CSAT, scoring 194 out of 200 points. He then passed the main exam at Seoul National University with a score of 915.95 out of 1000, with top honors overall.

In an interview with the media at the time, said Mr. Seoul National University’s engineering department and contributing to society in the practical field rather than theory. “I want to do something big that will make our country shine around the world,” he said.

In addition to topping the CSAT, Mr. Jeong also had the honor of topping the main exam from Seoul National University and graduating early at the top of his class in just seven semesters in 1998. Mr. Jeong is said to be the only one with such a history. Therefore, it is known that Mr. Jeong even got the title ‘Legend of the Chief’.

After that, Mr. Jeong completed his master’s and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering at Stanford University in the United States. After that, he worked at major world-renowned information technology (IT) companies such as Qualcomm and Deutsche Telekom. He also worked as a management strategy consultant at McKinsey for over three years.

Then, Mr. Jeong returned to Korea in 2011 and took the position of general president and person in charge of global business development at Mobotap, the company that created ‘Dolphin Browser’. Despite many expectations that he would become a university professor, he accepted the challenge of starting a startup based on his experience at a global company.

Dolphin Browser, first released for Android in 2009, was chosen as the ‘1 most popular Android app (app)’ by CNET, an American IT media center at the time. Also, around the same time, PC World, a leading American IT magazine, also chose it as the ‘Free iPhone and iPad App of the Year’.

Mr. Jeong was appointed and works as the new IT business director (Vice President) under the Device Knowledge (DX) Division of Samsung Electronics in 2022. Since last year, he has joined the Business Planning Group Future, called ‘Chairman Jae-yong Lee’s exceptional unit.’ The Future Business Planning Group is a department directly under Chairman Lee and finds future businesses for Samsung from a long-term perspective of more than 10 years.

Kim Se-rin, Hankyung.com reporter [email protected]