Cho Yang-ho

Cho Yang-ho
President of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games
In office
July 31, 2014 – May 3, 2016
IOC PresidentThomas Bach
Preceded byKim Jin-sun
Succeeded byLee Hee-beom
Chair of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games
In office
July 31, 2014 – May 3, 2016
Chair of the PyeongChang bid: September 14, 2009 – October 5, 2011
Preceded byKim Jin-sun
Succeeded byLee Hee-beom
Personal details
Born(1949-03-08)8 March 1949
Died8 April 2019(2019-04-08) (aged 70)
Children3
Korean name
Hangul
조양호
Hanja
趙亮鎬
RRJo Yangho
MRCho Yangho

Cho Yang-ho (Korean조양호; RRJo Yangho; MRCho Yangho; sometimes written Y. H. Cho; 8 March 1949 – 8 April 2019) was a South Korean businessman who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Korean Air and chairman of the Hanjin Group.