History - AJU

2019 2010

2019.12 Acquired ‘Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles’
2019.10 Acquired ‘Hyatt Place New York’ and
‘Hyatt Herald Square New York’
2019.09 Opened ‘THE SHORE HOTEL JEJU’
2019.07 Expanded Overseas Financial Service Market:
Established ‘Solasta Ventures’ and San Francisco Branch
2018.12 Acquired ‘The Embassy Row Hotel’
2018.11 Opened ‘Cheongnam Park’ in Gureungsan Mountain in Jungnang District, Seoul
2018.11 Aju IB Investment listed on KOSDAQ
2018.05 Aju Auto Service merged into Aju Motors
2018.04 Opened ‘RYSE, Autograph Collection’
2018.03 Acquired 'AC Hotel Bellevue'
2018.01 Advanced into Overseas Construction Material Market:
Established Myanmar subsidiary
2017.08 Opened ‘Aju Good Dream Center’
2017.06 Acquired ‘The Westin San Jose’
2017.05 Expanded IT Business : Acquired MTCom
2016.09 Expanded Construction Materials Business (Marine sand mining business):
Acquired Kongyounghaeun
2016.06 Aju Suwon Autoservice merged with Aju Autonetworks, Changed name to Aju Autoservice
2015.09 Aju IT merged with Prosociety, Changed name to Aju QMS
2015.04 Attained Volvo Dealership, Established Aju Autorium
2015.01 Expanded Overseas Hotel Business:
Acquired Holiday Inn San Jose – Silicon Valley
2014.01 Advanced into Hotel Business Overseas:
Acquired DoubleTree by Hilton Dallas – Market Center
2013.09 Introduced New HR Management System "Talent 3.0," and Abolished the Seniority and Rank System
2013.03 Established Aju Networks, Attained Dealership of Jaguar and Land Rover
2013.01 Advanced into to Import Auto Parts Sales & Distribution Business:
Established Aju Autonetworks
2012.11 Advanced into to Automobile Maintenance Business:
Established Aju Suwon Autoservice
2012.02 Acquired Aju Savings Bank (formerly Hanaro Savings Bank)
2011.11 Established Aju Global UK
2011.07 Acquired Aju Geotec
2010.11 Established Aju Asset Management
2010.07 Advanced into Overseas Construction Material Market:
Established Cambodia subsidiary

2009 2000

2009.09 Aju Motors Became the General Distributor of GM Korea
2009.06 Aju Capital Listed on the Korean Stock Exchange
2008.02 Advanced into Venture Capital and Private Equity Management Business:
Acquired Aju IB Investment (formerly Kibo Capital)
2008.02 Expanded Construction Materials Business Overseas:
Established Aju Vietnam
2007.06 Advanced into to Real Estate Development Business:
Established Aju Frontier
2007.03 Declared New Vision of ‘Global Leader Bringing Innovation for Happier Future'
2007.02 Spun-off Aju Auto Rental, Aju Rental, Aju L&F
2006.11 Advanced into to Auto Sales and Distribution Business:
Established Aju Motors
2005.06 Advanced into to Consumer Finance Business:
Acquired Aju Capital (formerly Daewoo Capital)
2002.08 Established VCEM Materials, an Overseas Joint Venture
2000.12 Expanded Hotel Business:
Acquired Hyatt Regency Jeju

1999 1960

1999.11 Advanced into to IT business:
Established Aju IT
1997.11 Advanced into to Investment Business:
Established Aju Technology Investment
1987.08 Advanced into to Hotel Business:
Acquired Hotel Seokyo
1987.03 Established Aju Remicon (Ready-mix Concrete)
1960.09 Established Aju Corporation and Advanced into to Construction Materials Industry