1. The Hyundai Motor Company
As Americans, we are familiar with the legends that helped build our country: the Vanderbilt’s, the Fords, the Rockefellers, and so on. These were men who had a vision for the country and carried it out to the benefit of all.
By Aleida Johnson, Brendan White, Lyudmila Borisevich, Michael Bretter, Michael Falabella

2. The Vanderbilt family Cornelius Vanderbilt's
The family is known for 'building America's railroads'. His descendants went on to build great Fifth Avenue mansions, Newport, Rhode Island summer cottages, the famous Biltmore House and various other exclusive homes.
The Vanderbilt family is a significant international family with Dutch origins; they were highly prominent during the 19th century due to family patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad and shipping empires. The family is known for 'building America's railroads'. His descendants went on to build great Fifth Avenue mansions, Newport, Rhode Island summer cottages, the famous Biltmore House and various other exclusive homes. The family members were the leaders of the high society scene and the Gilded Age, until the early 20th century, when the ten great Fifth Avenue mansions were torn down and fellow Vanderbilt homes were sold as museums and the like. The family suffered from a major downfall in prominence by the mid-20th century, known as the fall of the House of Vanderbilt. Despite the family's downfall and major loss of fortunes, the Vanderbilt’s remain the seventh wealthiest family in history.

3. Founder of the Ford Motor Company
Founder of the Ford Motor Company. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. As owner of the Ford Motor Company, he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world.
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was a prominent American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. As owner of the Ford Motor Company, he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. He is credited with "Fordism": mass production of inexpensive goods coupled with high wages for workers. Ford had a global vision, with consumerism as the key to peace. His intense commitment to systematically lowering costs resulted in many technical and business innovations, including a franchise system that put a dealership in every city in North America, and in major cities on six continents. Ford left most of his vast wealth to the Ford Foundation but arranged for his family to control the company permanently.
Henry Ford

4. The Rockefeller family: John D
The Rockefeller family: John D. Rockefeller and his brother William Rockefeller
 The Rockefeller family family of John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) ("Senior") and his brother William Rockefeller (1841–1922), is an American industrial, banking, and political family of German origin that made one of the world's largest private fortunes in the oil business during the late 19th and early 20th century, primarily through the Standard Oil Company. The family is also known for its long association with and financial interest in the Chase Manhattan Bank, now JP Morgan Chase.
American industrial, banking, and political family also known for its long association with and financial interest in the Chase Manhattan Bank, now JP Morgan Chase.

5. Chung Ju-yung
In 1946 Korea; a peasant farmer by the name of Chung Ju-yung transformed that nation from a needy third world country into an international success story. He became the founder of the Hyundai Motor Industrial Company, or better own as Hyundai Group.
Chung was born in North Korea in He was the oldest son of a poor peasant farming family. At the age of 18, Chung set off for good to Seoul with hopes of finding a better life. His success was not immediate. He worked in various jobs, such as railway construction, bookkeeping and dock work. Mr. Chung first experience as an entrepreneur came in 1938 when he opened his own rice store. However, he was forced to close his business a year later because of the policies of the Japanese occupation forces. It wasn’t until after World War II that Mr. Chung went into business repairing trucks for U.S. Armed Forces. He then went into the engineering and construction business, eventually building multibillion-dollar mega-projects around the world. His venture into the shipbuilding business is legendary. Despite a lack of experience in shipbuilding, he persuaded a customer to give him an order to build a ship for tens of millions of dollars. Now the company that he started is the largest shipbuilder in the world.

6. Chung’s family life in Korea.
Chungs family working the rice fields.
Chung was born in North Korea in He was the oldest son of a poor peasant farming family. At the age of 18, Chung set off for good to Seoul with hopes of finding a better life. His success was not immediate. He worked in various jobs, such as railway construction, bookkeeping and dock work. Mr. Chung first experience as an entrepreneur came in 1938 when he started his own rice store. However, he was forced to close his business a year later because of the policies of the Japanese occupation forces. It wasn’t until after World War II that Mr. Chung went into business repairing trucks for U.S. Armed Forces. He then went into the engineering and construction business, eventually building multibillion-dollar mega-projects around the world. His venture into the shipbuilding business is legendary. Despite a lack of experience in shipbuilding, he persuaded a customer to give him an order to build a ship for tens of millions of dollars. Now the company that he started is the largest shipbuilder in the world.
In 1938 Mr. Chung’s started his first business venture by opening up a rice shop located in Seoul Korea.

7. By his sheer force and determination Mr
By his sheer force and determination Mr. Chung in 1947 Chung launched a second company; Hyundai Civil Industries which helped transformed the entire Korean economy. While the first Hyundai business was tasked with building automobiles the second Hyundai Company concentrated on construction. Much of modern South Korea’s infrastructure was built by Hyundai in the period after the Korean War in 1953 and on through the 1970s. Dams, an expressway, shipbuilding yards, even a nuclear power plant were all built by Hyundai Civil Industries, while Hyundai Motors produced cars made primarily from Japanese components.

8. Hyundai Motor Company established in 1967.
Hyundai had their fair share of problems. They had decades of labor problems culminating in a new employee safety standards policy which was put in place in 1990s which tarnished the Hyundai mystique. Up to that point Hyundai was cited for having the worst safety standards of any corporation in the industrialized world. Cars were another source of problems for what became known as the Hyundai Group. Although now manufacturing their own vehicles, the quality of Hyundai vehicles for the first decade was considered by automobile experts to be sub-par. Today, Hyundai vehicles and Hyundai parts are, above average in quality compared to the industry as a whole.
In 1975, the Pony was the first Korean car released.

9. In 1986, Hyundai began to sell cars in the US
In 1986, Hyundai began to sell cars in the US. The Excel was nominated as "Best Product #10" by Fortune magazine, largely because of its affordability. The company began to produce models with its own technology in 1988.
After Chung’s death in 2001, Hyundai was divided up into three separate companies: Hyundai Heavy Industries, the Hyundai Motor Group, and Hyundai Engineering and Construction. Today, all three Hyundai companies continue to compete successfully in the global marketplace. From the beginning of the motor vehicle business, Chung consistently insisted that it would be impossible without establishing a transfer of technology relationship with advanced nations.

10. HISNA
In 2005 Hyundai announced the formation of a new company called Hyundai Information Service North America (HISNA) in the U.S. designed to provide information technology services for Hyundai:
Systems development
Infrastructure services
ADM services
In 2005 Hyundai announced the formation of a new company called Hyundai Information Service North America (HISNA) in the U.S. designed to provide information technology services for all Hyundai and Kia affiliates in the United States and Canada. The company’s goal is to provide superior IT support and investment advantages. The formation of the company was another significant example of Hyundai Kia Automotive Group's commitment to the United States market, their way of better meeting the information technology demands of this fast-growing company which aims high to be among the worlds best in technology and quality. HISNA provides Hyundai with system development services, infrastructure services and ADM services.

11. HISNA: Systems Development
E-business
Business Intelligence
Customer relationship management (CRM)
E-learning
Systems Development is helping Hyundai manage the full range of their information technology needs by developing and deploying application software to streamline and integrate business processes and systems for high performance. HISNA provide several solutions: e-Business: HISNA designs and builds internet and supply chain focused applications for Hyundai and its internal employees. Hyundai’s site is focused on delivering brand messages, supporting new vehicle launches, and providing online shopping tools to enhance the sales channel. HISNA has implemented complex business to business dealer supply chain systems to conduct day-to-day mission critical business transactions over the internet. The employee portal applications provide support to all employees’ needs. The web based application provides easy access to company information (news, events, etc.), and can automate manual processes with collaborative workflows for enhanced employee productivity. Business Intelligence: Business intelligence is a fundamental and essential element of an optimized information management program. Hyundai’s ability to access, share and use information is critically important if high performance is its goal. HISNA's business intelligence suite of services helps optimized business performance across the enterprise.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM): HISNA offers custom CRM consulting services to Hyundai such as enterprise integration or advanced business services. Expert consultants from HISNA meet with the organization to understand their business requirements and then develop and deploy the solution tailored to Hyundai’s specific needs. e-Learning: HISNA offers an e-Learning service to Hyundai affiliates. HISNA develops and deploys digital/online training content for dealership, employees and individuals.

12. HISNA: Infrastructure Services
Data Center Facilities
Business Applications and Back Office Support
Storage and Backup/Restore (Tiered, Scalable Architecture)
Security
HISNA Infrastructure Services provides Hyundai with the technology infrastructure to support their critical business applications, back office functions, individual workstations, telecommunications and the Local and Wide Area Networks. Infrastructure Services is a shared services organization that provides support in a 24x7 environment and hosts business systems in a modern data center. Utilizing cutting edge technology, the hardware/software environment is a heterogeneous mix of technology designed to be manageable and secure. The following is a list of services provided by Infrastructure Services:
Data Center Facilities: HISNA 5000 square foot Data Center is a state of the art facility with such features as Redundant Uninterruptible Power System with diesel generator backup that allow to support 24x7 operations
Business Applications and Back Office Support : consultation on system architecture and design; disaster recovery
Storage and Backup/Restore (Tiered, Scalable Architecture): state of the art Storage Area Network (SAN), backup/restore services
Security: security consulting, monitoring tools and firewall management, problem/incident tracking and resolution

13. HISNA: ADM Services
HISNA provides application development and management services
Process consulting
Recommending technology enabled solutions
Applying robust project management methodology
Developing new applications
Maintaining existing systems in a cost effective manner
A key service HISNA offers is application development and management services. Hyundai elected to outsource the management and development of applications to capable professional services organizations in order to retain management and financial focus on their core business processes. HISNA brings many years of automotive industry and information technology experience. The primary goal of ADM services practice is to support the strategic and tactical business objectives of Hyundai by providing process consulting, recommending technology enabled solutions, applying robust project management methodology, developing new applications and maintaining existing systems in a cost effective manner.