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Sohn was born and raised in [[South Korea]]. He graduated from Gwangju No. 1 High School in 1962.<ref name="JoongAng"/> He came to the United States that year to study [[economics]] as an undergraduate at the [[University of Florida]] in [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]] on a partial scholarship.<ref name="LATimes"/> He earned his Master's in economics from [[Wayne State University]], and then his Ph.D. in the same field from [[University of Pittsburgh]], where his advisor was [[Marina von Neumann Whitman]].<ref name="LATimes"/> He is married and has a son, Andrew, who studies at the [[Harvard-Westlake School]].<ref name="LATimes"/> He also earned an MBA from [[Harvard Business School]]. |
Sohn was born and raised in [[South Korea]]. He graduated from Gwangju No. 1 High School in 1962.<ref name="JoongAng"/> He came to the United States that year to study [[economics]] as an undergraduate at the [[University of Florida]] in [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]] on a partial scholarship.<ref name="LATimes"/><ref name="MT"/> He earned his Master's in economics from [[Wayne State University]], and then his Ph.D. in the same field from [[University of Pittsburgh]], where his advisor was [[Marina von Neumann Whitman]].<ref name="LATimes"/> He is married and has a son, Andrew, who studies at the [[Harvard-Westlake School]].<ref name="LATimes"/> He also earned an MBA from [[Harvard Business School]].<ref name="MT"/> |
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Revision as of 13:36, 29 September 2011
Sung Won Sohn | |
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| Born | Seoul, South Korea |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Florida Harvard Business School University of Pittsburgh |
| Known for | Economist |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 손성원 |
| Hanja | 孫聖源[1] |
| Revised Romanization | Son Seong-won |
| McCune–Reischauer | Son Sǒng'wǒn |
Sung Won Sohn (born 1945) is a Korean American economist.[2][3] He was named one of the top five most accurate economic forecasters in 2001 by Bloomberg News.
Personal life
Sohn was born and raised in South Korea. He graduated from Gwangju No. 1 High School in 1962.[1] He came to the United States that year to study economics as an undergraduate at the University of Florida in Gainesville on a partial scholarship.[2][3] He earned his Master's in economics from Wayne State University, and then his Ph.D. in the same field from University of Pittsburgh, where his advisor was Marina von Neumann Whitman.[2] He is married and has a son, Andrew, who studies at the Harvard-Westlake School.[2] He also earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.[3]
Career
Sohn's Ph.D. advisor Whitman left Pittsburgh to become a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors under the Nixon administration; she was so impressed by his work that she brought him on board as senior economist.[2] On the council, he was responsible for economic and legislative matters pertaining to the Federal Reserve and financial markets.[citation needed] His report on the Eurodollar market earned him attention from the president.[2] David Rockefeller introduced Sohn to the president of the Northwest National Bank of Minnesota, where Sohn would move for his next job.[2] He remained with the bank through various name changes and mergers, as it became Norwest and then purchased Wells Fargo in 1998, and rose to the position of chief economist.[2] In 2005, he moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles to take up a position as president and CEO of Hanmi Bank.[4] He would later become the vice chairman of fashion retailer Forever 21. He is also a professor of economics at California State University, Channel Islands.[citation needed] In 2011, Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed him a member of the Los Angeles Harbor Commission, which has oversight authority for the Port of Los Angeles.[2]
References
- ^ a b 서경호 [Seo Gyeong-ho] (2003-12-02), "'조기유학의 원조' 손성원 美 웰스파고 수석부행장 ['Because I was an international student': USA Wells Fargo executive vice president Sohn Sung-Won]", JoongAng Ilbo, retrieved 2011-09-29
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lifsher, Marc (2011-07-24), "How I Made It: Sung Won Sohn", Los Angeles Times, retrieved 2011-09-29
- ^ a b c "웰스파고 손성원 부행장: FRB 의장 자리에 관심있다 [Federal Reserve Board chairman is paying attention to Wells Fargo executive vice president Sohn Sung-Won]", Money Today, 2007-07-12, retrieved 2011-09-29
- ^ "Bank shot: Sung Won Sohn plans to diversify Hanmi by marketing outside the Korean community and selling products outside the real estate sector", AllBusiness, 2005-06-20, retrieved 2011-09-29
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