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Ahn Cheol-Soo

South Korean physician, educator, and entrepreneur
Also known as: Charles Ahn
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Ahn Cheol-Soo (born January 22, 1962, Busan, South Korea) is a physician, educator, politician, and computer entrepreneur who founded AhnLab, Inc., South Korea’s largest Internet security firm. He later entered politics, establishing the People’s Party (later reformed as Bareunmirae) and staging several unsuccessful bids for the presidency. Ahn, the son of a physician, received a medical degree (1986) from Seoul National University (SNU) and pursued graduate studies there in physiology (M.S. 1988; Ph.D., 1991). His...

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