Kang Yoon-sun, the CEO of a global hair franchise, will appear on ‘The Millionaire Next Door’ and reveal the secrets of how she went from being broke to becoming the CEO of a company with annual sales of 300 billion won.

On the 28th, EBS and E Channel co-produced ‘Seo Jang-hoon’s Millionaire Next Door ‘,’ Icon of Innovation in the Korean Beauty Industry ‘Kang Yoon-sun will appear and tell her life story.Kang Yoon-sun’s hair shop, which started in 1982, has steadily grown for over 40 years, setting numerous records such as being selected as one of the world’s top 10 hair brands in 2005(Source: Wella)and being ranked 1st for 9 consecutive years in the Korean Industrial Brand Power Hair Beauty Brand Shop category(Source: Korea Productivity Association Consulting).

Seo Jang-hoon, who met Kang Yoon-sun, asks her, “Did you originally come from a silver spoon in your mouth?” Kang Yoon-sun then answers, “I came from a poor family.I was so poor that I didn’t even have the 600 won middle school application fee,” surprising everyone.When she was 17, Kang Yoon-sun entered a beauty school and got a job at a beauty salon, earning 20,000 won a month.Then, at the age of 22, she took on the reckless challenge of opening her first beauty salon, taking on a huge debt.This “huge debt” with high interest rates ultimately led her to success.Her hidden story of how she went from a penniless girl to the CEO of a world-class hair salon with annual sales of 300 billion won can be seen on the show “The Millionaire Next Door.”

Seo Jang-hoon and Jonathan visit the headquarters of Kang Yoon-sun’s hair shop located in the heart of Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and another 8-story building that she owns.Kang Yoon-sun’s hair shop has 182 branches nationwide and 3,500 employees.The scale of a large corporation befitting the nickname ‘the three X’ of the beauty industry overwhelms even Seo Jang-hoon and Jonathan.However, Kang Yoon-sun surprises the two by an unexpected plan, saying, “We will continue to increase the number of branches in the future.”

The reason why she is not satisfied despite her success will be revealed on ‘Seo Jang-hoon’s Millionaire Next Door’ EBS and E Channel at 9:55 PM on Wednesday the 28th.

Reporter Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com jhj@donga.com

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