Hanwha Group

Hanwha Group

Native name	주식회사 한화
Formerly	Korea Explosives Group
Company type	Public
Traded as	KRX: 000880
Industry	Conglomerate
Founded	October 1952; 71 years ago (1952-10)
Founder	Kim Chong-hee
Headquarters	86, Cheonggyecheon-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul , South Korea
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Kim Seung-youn (Chairman)
Revenue	₩62.2784 trillion[1] (2022)
Operating income	₩2.5161 trillion[1] (2022)
Net income	₩2.2433 trillion[1] (2022)
Total assets	₩211.1753 trillion[1] (2022)
Total equity	₩20.8788 trillion[1] (2022)
Owner	Kim Seung-youn (43.56%)[1] National Pension Service (7.61%)[1] Korea Zinc (7.25%)[1] Treasury stocks (1.51%)[1] Other (0.6%)[1]
Number of employees	43,690 (2020)
Website	Official website in English Official website in Korean

Hanwha Group (Korean: 한화그룹; Hanja: 韓火; RR: Hanhwa Geurup) is a large business conglomerate (chaebol) in South Korea.^[2] Founded in 1952 as Korea Explosives Co. (한국화약주식회사; 韓國火藥株式會社), the group has grown into a large multi-profile business conglomerate, with diversified holdings stretching from explosives—their original business—to energy, materials, aerospace, mechatronics, finance, retail, and lifestyle services. In 1992, the company adopted its abbreviation as its new name: "Hanwha".