KB Financial Group chairman Euh Yoon-dae will share business views with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and other global business tycoons at this year’s Microsoft CEO Summit in Seattle this week.
Euh is the only Korean CEO to join the three-day global business networking hub in three consecutive years, the lender group said in a statement.
Last year’s summit in 2012 involved discussion on solutions for the global economic slowdown by some 100 global business leaders including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Euh Yoon-dae
Besides Euh and Buffett, the invitation list includes some 100 big name global CEOs including JPMorgan & Chase Co. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon, DuPont chairman and CEO Ellen Kullman, Qualcomm chairman and CEO Paul Jacobs, eBay CEO John Donahoe and, American Express chairman and CEO Kenneth Chenault.
Summit host Gates provided his mansion that overlooks Lake Washington in Medina, Washington, as the venue for a business networking banquet on the second day.
Euh has shown his global communication skills as the host of this year’s annual IIF Asia CEO summit in Seoul on May 8 to 10.
“Do you see how much Korea has advanced in sense of economy?” the chairman told The Korea Herald with pride at the IIF summit on the 9th.
By Chung Joo-won (
joowonc@heraldcorp.com)