KT chairman Lee Suk-chae (right) poses with Development Dimensions International senior vice president Rich Wellins at the award ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday. (KT Corp.)
KT Corp. chairman Lee Suk-chae won the 11th CNBC Asia Business Leaders Award in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, the mobile operator said on Sunday.
The award acknowledges Asian business visionaries with strength, innovation, ingenuity, knowledge and foresight that are especially required for the leaders of today’s global economy.
One of the six awardees this year, Lee won the accolade in recognition of his personal involvement in supporting and fostering the next generation of leaders.
Lee has become the first head of Korean mobile operator firm to win the ABLA and the first Korean to win the award in five years.
The CNBC Asia Business Leaders Awards has been presented annually since 2002 by U.S. satellite and cable TV business news channel CNBC and its research partners, Development Dimensions International and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
By Chung Joo-won (
joowonc@heraldcorp.com)
