Daewoo

Also known as Daewoo Group

Daewoo ( ; ; ; ; "great universe" and a portmanteau of "dae" meaning great, and the given name of founder and chairman Kim Woo-choong) also known as the Daewoo Group, was a major South Korean chaebol (type of conglomerate) and automobile manufacturer.

Key facts

Company.name: Daewoo
Company.logo: Logo DAEWOO (1978-1994).svg
Company.type: Chaebol
Company.image: Daewoo Building (1995).jpg
Company.image_caption: Former Daewoo Group headquarters in 1995
Company.founder: Kim Woo-choong
Company.fate: Declared bankruptcy (see details)
Company.location: Seoul, South Korea
Company.num_employees: 320,000
Korean name/auto.hangul: ^대우
Korean name/auto.hanja: 大宇
Korean name/auto.child: yes

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Wikidata facts

Employees: 320000
Official website: web.archive.org/web/19990208003956/http://daewoo.com

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Commons category: Daewoo
inception: 1967-03-22
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1999-11-01
McCune–Reischauer romanization: Taeu
Revised Romanization: Dae-u

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Contents

History
Beginning and development
Crisis and collapse
Breakup and present status
Involvement in Myanmar
Corporations
Daewoo Motor Co., Ltd.
The Daewoo brand today
See also
References
External links

The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/19990208003956/http://daewoo.com:80/

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