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[National Reform] Ending Chaebol Succession Is Essential for Global Competitiveness
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๊ทธ๋ฌ๋ ์ฌ๋ฒ 3์ธ ์ธ์ต ํ์ฅ ๋ฐ์ ๋ค์ด๊ฐ ๋ฐ์ด๋ ๊ธ๋ก๋ฒ ์ธ์ฌ๊ฐ ์์๊น? ๊ด์ฐฎ์ ์ธ์ฌ๋ค์ ์๊ฒ์ง๋ง ํน๊ธ ์ธ์ฌ๋ค์ ์์ ๊ฒ์ผ๋ก ์ถ์ ํ๋๊ฒ ํฉ๋ฆฌ์ ์ด๋ค.
๋ถํ ๊น์ ์ ๋ฐ์ผ๋ก ๋ฐ์ด๋ ๊ธ๋ก๋ฒ ์ธ์ฌ๊ฐ ๋ค์ด ๊ฐ์ง ์๋ ๊ฒ์ฒ๋ผ.
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To remain competitive in the global economy, South Korea must confront one of its most persistent structural problems: hereditary leadership succession in large family-controlled conglomerates.
A company is ultimately shaped by its leadership. An organization may employ 100,000 people, but the most important strategic decisions are often made by a single CEO or chairperson.
This reality raises a difficult question.
Can Hyundai truly outperform companies such as Tesla, BYD, or XPeng in the long run if the worldโs best talent is unwilling to work under inherited leadership?
The most exceptional people rarely spend their careers working for leaders they do not respect. They start companies, build institutions, or join organizations led by individuals whose abilities they genuinely admire.
Elon Musk attracts world-class engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs because many believe he possesses an extraordinary vision and ability to execute it. Whether one agrees with all of his decisions is beside the point. Top talent is drawn to leaders they consider exceptional.
The challenge for chaebol succession is different.
Would the worldโs most talented innovators willingly work under a third-generation heir whose position was inherited rather than earned through open competition? Some capable professionals certainly would. But it is reasonable to question whether the very best global talent would.
Talent follows excellence, not bloodlines.
History repeatedly shows that meritocratic systems outperform hereditary systems over time. Nations abandoned hereditary monarchies in favor of democratic institutions for a reason. Organizations that select leaders based on capability generally outperform those that select leaders based on family background.
The issue is not whether a particular heir is competent or incompetent. The issue is whether hereditary succession is the best mechanism for identifying the strongest leader available.
In an era of fierce competition from Tesla, BYD, XPeng, and other global technology companies, South Korea cannot afford to limit its leadership pool.
If Korean corporations want to remain globally competitive, chaebol succession should gradually give way to merit-based leadership. Shareholders, boards of directors, and institutional investors should play a greater role in ensuring that the most qualified individuals lead the countryโs largest companies.
Corporate competitiveness is not determined by family lineage.
It is determined by leadership, innovation, and the ability to attract the worldโs best talent.